SMWS 1.253

The whisky displays natural robustness with prominent notes of canvas, dry cereals, starched linens, chalk and mineral oil. Water brings sweeter cereal tones, ozone freshness, sheep wool and savoury miso, revealing a taut, well-structured character.

It is wonderfully rich on the mouth with condensed milk, sharp green apple, muddled herbs, fennel and hessian, followed by malt extract. The initial dryness gives way to sweeter notes of toffee, vanilla pods and ginger biscuits.

The finish is marked by oily and mineral tones with green tea, flower honey and charred pineapple, demonstrating the refill cask's influence on the distillate's complexity.