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	Cask no. 125.41 - $237
	NEW! Everything under the sun	$237.00

The note-taker was bombarded with descriptors for the nose – morello cherries, tinned pineapple, orange blossom, maple syrup, honey, rum and raisin fudge, treacle toffee, fruit cake, muscovado, clove pomanders, liquorice, leather and oaked wine, to name a few. The palate was equally complex, with raisins, sultanas, dates, fig rolls, Christmas cake, liquorice, eucalyptus, Fisherman’s Friends, caramel, orange oil, leather and PVC. The reduced nose had Jaffa Cakes, strawberry jam and coffee, while the palate had orange zest, dried fruits, Campinos, burnt sugar, pepper, distant matches and smoke in the finish. The distillery has tall stills and a ghostly White Lady.

Local Panel Comments: DIRECTOR'S CHOICE

For the lover of sherried drams, this is as good as it gets, with sherry, spice, malt, and oak in perfect balance.

Age	% Alc	Allocation
16	52.1	$237

	Cask no. 125.35 - $234
	Amontillado and Aubergine	$234.00

This dram prompted much discussion. The complex nose began with Jamaican rum and dried raisins, cherries and plums; then syrup of figs, liquorice and cake dough, honey and apricots. The neat palate was big and satisfying with plum jam, orange peel, pastry and dark chocolate, followed by a nut feast: roast chestnuts, Brazil and macadamia nuts, dry roasted peanuts, honey nut cornflakes. With water the nose became deeper; fruit cake, leather, chocolate and salted aubergine. The reduced taste was chewy and salty, reminiscent of Amontillado sherry and chocolate coated Brazil nuts. This distillery is near the site of the Hilton of Cadboll Pictish stone; the original is on display at the National Museum of Scotland.

Local Panel Comments:

This one needs time to develop in the glass, so give it a good swirl and let it breathe. The sherry/savoury interplay is both enjoyable and rewarding and we found ourselves becoming more and more impressed with this over time.

Age	% Alc	Allocation
16	52.1	$234

	Cask no. 123.5 - Sold Out
	Feisty but fun	$171.00

Lovely, sweet, spicy things came to the nose – sticky marmalade, cinnamon toast, plum jam, burnt edge of rice pudding and liquorice allsorts in a waxy bag. The palate was feisty but fun – crunchie bars dipped in salt, burnt grass, molasses and the kind of toffee that comes with a hammer. The reduced nose was intriguing; we found polished wood and a brass coal scuttle. One panellist was reminded of a fairground (candy-floss and generator smoke). The reduced palate was tangy, leathery, with lip-burning heat – “a fire-breather’s dram” said one of the ladies. Made near the ‘glen of the wild geese’.

Local Panel Comments:

We didn't receive a sample for this, but it's the sister cask of the superb 123.3 "A Strawberry Ballerina" that featured on our 3rd Quarter Bottling List in 2009. The last one was so good, we couldn't resist bringing a few cases in.

Age	% Alc	Allocation
8	60.8	Sold Out