DESCRIPTION

From one of the newer and harder-to-find Scottish distilleries, this Daftmill release is one of two annual expressions from the craft Daftmill distillery in the Lowlands. Produced from optic barley harvested in the last week of August 2006 and stored on the farm to be malted in Alloa during the summer of 2007. Distilled in 2008, matured for 12 years in six ex-bourbon barrels and bottled in 2019. 1,760 bottles were produced. Bottled at 46%.

OFFICIAL TASTING NOTES

Nose: A deep vanilla aroma reminiscent of crème brulee appears immediately, with some tinned peaches, dried cocoa powder and a delicate grassy note building.

Palate: Fresh fruit explodes on the palate with green apples, pears and some melon, developing into soft peach and a slight tropical note, there’s also a pleasant herbaceous almost earthy note on the mid-palate.

Finish: The oak appears again on the finish, offering vanilla pods, clove, cinnamon and some melted honey.

Located in the Howe of Fife (northeast of Edinburgh), Daftmill is a traditional farm distillery owned and operated by the Cuthbert family. The distillery only runs in the farm’s quiet periods; mid-summer and winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. When not distilling, Francis Cuthbert looks after the estate, growing the malting barley he uses to make his whisky.

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