128.21 Patchwork dragon

Description

Distillery 128, known for its Faraday stills, returns in quite the unique form: matured entirely in a 1st fill ex-fino sherry hogshead — a departure from the ex-bourbon expressions we’ve been seeing through over the last few years. We still have that alluring peachy aroma coming through but with a larger emphasis on baked spices and salted goods. There’s an incredible integration of sweet and savoury (salt) coming together in this one. We have just 24 bottles in the country; if you’re part of the cult following for Distillery 128 that has popped up in the local branch, you will not want to miss this one!

Tasting Notes: A curious and highly enticing aroma of salted caramel and freshly baked apples – some might call it ‘toffee apples’? But also strawberry jam, whisky fudge, brown bread with treacle and winter mulling spices. Aromatic and detailed whisky. Reduction brought medicinal herbs like wormwood and wintergreen. Then hardwood resins, tea tree oil and menthol tobacco with a hint of strawberry shisha smoke. The mouth was immediately rich with peanuts, fruit salad chews, cherry cough medicines and resinous exotic fruit teas. Water converted this to chai tea spices, green walnut liqueur, cocoa nibs, herbal toothpaste and sharp tang of pink grapefruit.