A cask-strength Singleton of Glen Ord, matured in freshly-charred American oak hogsheads for 18 years, before being bottled as part of Diageo’s 2019 Special Releases.

Delicate aromas of ripe apricots, raspberry jam, candied peel and cinnamon rolls mingle with chocolate-covered cherries, peach, sponge cake and barley sugar on the nose.

The palate offers notes of apricot frangipane, baking spices, orange peel, dark chocolate, mint and oak spice.

Tasting Notes:

• Aroma: A malty progression of white chocolate, cocoa, then Ovaltine. Summer pudding – strawberries and sponge – with lashings of creamy vanilla, followed by a flash of sharp acidity.
• Palate: Soft and summery again, though more on wood. Hay on a warm summer’s day. Some vanilla and a touch of red fruit before the wood asserts itself again.
• Finish: Long finish, warming taste. Drying mouth feel. Post-water still a long finish, smooth and spicy on the tongue.