QUIET CONFIDENCE
Cask No. 42.73
sold out
The delicate, complex nose gave suede jackets, burlap and tatami mats in the sun; lemon balm, heathery hillsides and coconut; travel sweets and custard creams. The palate hit the fruit machine jackpot – melons, nectarines, brambles, sherbet lemons and dried pineapple and papaya – traces of wasabi peanuts on the finish.
The reduced nose had us imagining a sunny wooden platform above a rain forest, sitting on hay bales enjoying custard tarts, Charentais melon and Zinfandel rosé. The palate was lip-smacking, citric and summery –waxed sweets, lemon sorbet, gooseberries, barley water and Greek salad – tobacco strands and tannic oak tingles to finish.
Age | 8 years |
Date Distilled | 13 December 2012 |
Cask Type | 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel |
Region | Speyside |
Outturn | 234 bottles |
ABV | 63.1 % |