cherry Tunes) but its core was herbal
10 A fortress of darkness and on to northern Speyside for Cask 71
We were hoping of shedding some light on it when we had our first taste neat
yeasty rye bread and ‘fish pie on hob-nobs’
The colour was an Orcadian sunset and the aroma found us inside a typical Highland ‘Blackhouse’ with the central peat-fired hearth and the soot having turned the rafters of the low thatched roof black
Cask No. 4.230 Young & spritely cherry Tunes) but its coreCask No. 4. 230 Sweet and salty, smoke and ash Highland, Island The nose delivered a mellifluous flood of honeycomb, toffee and golden syrup sweetness; then deeper notes of charred wood, glazed ribs on a barbeque and salty ships timbers. The palate was rich, deep and pretty big warming and mouth coating with treacle toffee, tarry ropes, smoky bacon crisps, bonfire embers and liquorice paper roll ups. The reduced nose had charred heather stems (moor