Cask No. 89.11 Bourbon Cask: First-fill Port barrique

Cask: First-fill Port barrique

we crawled out of our warm sleeping bag zipped open our canvas tent and felt the first ray of warm sunshine on our faces

A little reduction brings out mulling spices

66 - Party fizz

Cask No. 89.11 Bourbon Cask: First-fill Port barriqueCask No. 89. 11 A kraftwerk orange Speyside, Spey An inviting initial nose of dusty malt bins, barley sugars, lemon cough sweets and putty greeted the Panel. Some softer tones like cafe latte, ground almonds, coffee and walnut cake and caramelising muscovado sugar followed on. An impressive heft and complexity we noted. With reduction we got notes of bitter marmalade, olive oil cake, delicate tobacco leaf, satsuma peel and orange travel sweets. The