149.17 To sup by starlight

Description

From the Team

Just wow — we’re getting to that stage where our releases from this new-world distillery are getting older and older before our very eyes, a really cool thing to see the progression, and this is completely different than any other bottling we’ve seen from this code. If you’re a fan of your 24s or your 36s, you’ll want to jump on this one. Full maturation in a 1st fill Spanish oak Pedro Ximénez butt with plenty of struck match notes, paprika, dark chocolate and honey ham. Exceptional stuff and not many bottles to go around!

Tasting Notes

A superb initial aroma of Iberico ham, flambéed banana with dark chocolate, glazed pecans and boiled ham greeted us. We also noted pork scratchings with paprika, date molasses and botrytis raisiny sweetness. Water brought cloves, orange oils, cocktail bitters and dark ‘n’ stormy cocktails with the richness of spicy pumpernickel bread. The neat palate opened with chilli-spiked hot chocolate, maraschino juices, manhattan cocktail vibes, coffee and walnut cake and pomegranate syrup – a real broad church profile we thought. Water revealed further wonderful notes of stem ginger in syrup, resinous fir woods, aged calvados and rancio.