10.277 Fire without smoke
$240.00 inc. GST
Out of stock
Description
From the team
Our last Outturn featured one of the first DRDF (Deep, Rich & Dried Fruits) bottlings from Distillery 10 that we’ve seen in quite a while…this month we’re upping those stakes with Cask 10.277 Fire without smoke. Nine years in an ex-bourbon hogshead and another two years in a 2nd fill ex-American oak Pedro Ximénez (a thick, syrupy sherry variety) hogshead…think daisies in a fresh meadow, plenty of minerality, an oily, waxy texture, and the iconic salinity of an Islay Oily & Coastal. This will vanish on Outturn day. Oily & Coastal sherried Islay malt…don’t miss it.
Tasting Panel notes
The wonderful aroma was brimming with bright, citric fruit acids, coastal freshness, waxes, salted peanuts and cashews. We also got nicely leathery impressions of texture and waxiness behind that wall of freshness. With water we found that it opened up and revealed lovely aromatic notes of sea greens, white flowers, chalky beach pebbles and mineral salts. The neat palate was immediately big and assertively powerful. It was also very oily in texture, with lots of sunflower and mineral elements, coastal vibrancy, waxiness and an increasing salinity. With water we got a tinge of cider apple funkiness, more mixed salted nuts and more of those fantastic salty and mineral qualities. Some medicinal notes and gorse flowers too. This was matured in a bourbon hogshead for nine years before being transferred to a second fill American oak PX hogshead.
