Bath Bomb After A Bonfire

PROFILE Smoky & Fruity INITIAL CASK Ex-Bourbon Hogshead FINAL CASK 2nd Fill Ex-Cabernet Sauvignon AGE 27 Years Old ABV 51.3% DISTILLED DATE 27 May 1998 OUTTURN 1 of 215 bottles REGION Highland SPIRIT NOTES After 24 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we decanted this into a second fill 300-litre ex-cabernet sauvignon cask. On the nose we had pick 'n' mix on bonfire night before adjourning to our antique-filled stately home for a citrus and apple bath bomb experience. On the palate, we returned to the bonfire, with gentle smoke suffusing our repast of barbecued fish with watermelon salsa, grilled peach and berry-studded panettone. The reduced nose was an impressive spread of fruits – chinotto, apple, pineapple and melon, with lavender honey and shortbread – with a cigar box close by. The palate now found coconut, stewed plums and rosemary flowers.