Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Rich amber with warm reddish hue from Italian wine cask finishing. Full-bodied at cask strength with slow, heavy legs
Nose
Vinous first impression suggesting white grapes and Manzanilla sherry. Becomes fresh, floral and fruity — apple, apricot, peach, pineapple, green melon, cherry. Hawthorn and orange peel followed by marzipan, caramel, marshmallow, coconut oil, and acacia honey
Palate
Layered crisp fruit on the palate with caramelised miso and a hint of cured prosciutto. The Italian wine cask finishing adds an unprecedented vinous dimension to the meaty Mortlach character. Wonderfully umami with a sweet-savoury tension
Finish
Medium-long, dry and spicy finish with fruity acidulous nuance. White or Sichuan pepper at the close. The Ramandolo and Sangiovese influence leaves a distinctly Italian-Mediterranean imprint on the Beast of Dufftown
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
Refill and ex-bourbon American oak
finished in Italian Ramandolo white wine and Sangiovese red wine casks
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