Bottle - Cask # 46.31
Cask No. 46.31, Sniffing a bee's knees

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Cask No. 46.31 Juicy, oak & vanilla

Sniffing a bee's knees

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The nose was sweetly seductive – toffee, caramel, fruity marshmallows, and carrot cake, but far from one-dimensional – it also had burlap, coconut, macadamias and insinuations of citrus. The palate offered fantastic, mouth-watering sweet acidity; plus exotic fruits, flowers and strawberry jam tarts – and the finish – teasingly dry with woody tannins, coconut and clove.

Floral notes increased on the reduced nose – parma violets, lavender (someone imagined sniffing a bee’s knees) – not to forget pineapple, sherbet and granola. The palate now danced on our tongues – lively as lollipops and cream soda, with lots of interesting back-flavours (cardamom, anise, angostura) – engaging.

Age 22 years
Date Distilled 16 September 1992
Cask Type Refill ex-bourbon hogshead
Region Speyside
Outturn 253 bottles
ABV 54.2 %