Cask No. 35.290 XO Becoming even sweeter with water

Becoming even sweeter with water it carried a nutty appeal until the end with fine wood tannins

It begins with pencil shavings

cherry eau de vie

but settled down to honeyed viscosity

When we added a drop of water a warm woody aroma emerged and while one of us sat in a tree eating apricots

Cask No. 35.290 XO Becoming even sweeter with waterCask No. 35. 290 Float like a Daddy Longlegs Speyside, Lossie A surprisingly punchy and mentholated aroma, not at all typical of this distillery the Panel noted. Wintergreen, hot cross buns and aniseed boiled sweets at first nosing. Then ouzo, wild fennel, lemon infused olive oil, sunflower seeds and crystallised orange peel studded into warm brioche. Some crispness of starched linens in the background. With water we found cream crackers, buttermilk