A Single Malt from Speyside with an Sauternes cask finish. All the elegance and refinement that one would expect from a Speyside Whisky. This is so well illustrated by the beautiful painting of my second cousin, the famous Scottish Artist, Archibald Dunbar McIntosh, who reveals in his painting all the warmth of the Scottish landscape and unique changing contours.
TASTING NOTES
NOSE Summer blossom, gooseberries, ginger
PALATE Beautifully delicate, hazelnuts, biscuit, honey, ginger jam
FINISH Sweet, elegant, summer meadows and slightly woody
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