Cask No. 100.34 Bourbon pear tart tatin

pear tart tatin

The nose (true to the distillery name) took us to a perfumed garden on a sunny day – herbs

A clean and mineralic character delivered mint

After 13 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead we transferred this whisky into a first-fill oloroso hogshead

Cask No. 100.34 Bourbon pear tart tatinCask No. 100. 34 Oh, to be in a bodega again Speyside, Deveron Initial nosing suggested muscovado sugars, fir wood, rancio and a big, sticky fruit cake full of booze, dark fruit and heavily laden with marzipan. Some heather honey as well, to round it off nicely. Water brought out elegant notes of strawberry laces, hessian, candied walnuts, quince jelly and earthy dunnage. In the mouth we found it a tad meatier than expected with Iberico ham and game