It's Fruit Jim, but Not as We Know It

PROFILE Lightly Peated INITIAL CASK Ex-Bourbon Hogshead FINAL CASK 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Hogshead AGE 13 Years Old ABV 52.5% DISTILLED DATE 14 February 2012 OUTTURN 1 of 228 bottles REGION Islay SPIRIT NOTES The neat nose for this one suggested olive oil drizzled on grilled sardines, 'green' unmalted barley, freshly milled oats and a tangy herbaceous character. We also noted unlit cigars and cedar wood. Water brought a funky tinge of art-shop glue, then rhubarb, monstera fruit and medicinal impressions of cough syrup, plus camphor and menthol balm. The palate, when neat, was immediately and magnificently textural. Thick, grassy olive oil vibes were complemented by first aid kits, a fresh sea breeze and dried mango. Reduction enhanced the wonderful texture, then added freshly laundered linens, white peat, dried apricot and a whole heap of other surreal and strange fruit. Whisky from another world, we mused ... This was matured in an ex-bourbon hogshead for nine years before being transferred to a first fill American oak oloroso hogshead.