Cask#22000. Distilled in 1975. Cask strength bottled on 22/07/2009. Nose: powerful, complex. First marked by straw and by lichen, it evolves on baked apple, liquorice and dark chocolate. Then the spices arrive, notably star anise and cardamom. Balsamic notes of pine and herbal sweets finally bring a lot of freshness. Palate: firm, rich. The earth and liquorice provide a telluric sensation of minerality. Notes of infusion and tea leaves rub shoulders with spices (nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon). It returns to the baked apple and develops on the orange peel and the leather. Finish: long, dense. The ripe fruits (mirabelle plum, Reine-claude) rest on a noble wood and on beeswax. As time goes by, smoke and peat coat the candied citrus fruits (lemon) and heather honey.
