This is a sherry finished Glenugie, one of those distilleries with too few casks left after mothballing, so there's far too little to go around these days. The cask#1 is the sherry butt in which I guess 3 or 4 hogsheads were finished for 90 months. Yes, 90 months is excactly 7 years and 6 months. If I did my math correct... All in all quite a long finish. Yeah, yeah, less numbers, more tasting notes. Color is dark golden/amber. It smells waxy, leather, honey, dark chocolate, nougat, malty, a bit spirity, as I'd imagine with this strength, vinegar and plum liqueur. The taste is quite on the bitter side, some rubber, phenols, gasoline, glue, starch, raw ginger, crayons, soap. An extreme one, lets try it with some water. Now it turns more rounder, some cotton notes, vodka premium, mashed/mushed veggies, mushroom broth, peppery, salmi, green peppers, grassy, floral, concentrated malty vinegar notes. Oh yes, after a while of breathing there's sawdust, orange marmalade, beetroot liqueur, cointreau, a bit unpleasantly sweet.
I know Glenugie can be superb, but this doesn't nearly enrich my evening: 4.5
Next tasting: Banff Distillery
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