Code
Distillery
Auchroisk / Singleton
Name
Prepare For Winter
Producer
SMWS
Region
Speyside
Age
14 years
ABV
57%
Bottler Type
Independent
Category
Scotch
Flavor Profile
Spicy & Sweet
The whisky presents aromatic qualities reminiscent of spiced winter sangria, with notes of red wine, apple, orange, cinnamon, and cloves. After reduction, fresher ginger wine characteristics emerge, evoking the youngest wine in a solera system.
It displays sweet and spicy characteristics akin to gingerbread caramel mousse and pumpkin fritters dipped in Spanish hot chocolate, followed by serrano-wrapped plums, cantaloupe melon, and mint on the mid-palate.
The finish reflects the influence of the first-fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead, with residual spice and the delicate mineral character typical of premium oloroso cask maturation.
So, "oloroso", literally fragrant in Spanish, like a spiced winter sangria of red wine mixed with apples, oranges, cinnamon and cloves. The taste was sweet and spicy; a gingerbread caramel mousse, or buñuelos de calabaza – pumpkin fritters, dipped into a spicy chocolate a la taza, Spanish hot chocolate. After reduction the aroma was fresher, like a ginger wine or "sobretabla", the youngest wine in the first row of a solera system in the production of sherry. On the palate serrano-wrapped plums were followed by cantaloupe melon with mint. Following 11 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky into a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead. Cask: First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead