Cask No. 9.179

Cleopatras bath time

Speyside, Spey

The nose was garden flowers sniffed through a freshly puttied window frame, waxy lemon sweets and Vin Santo served with biscotti. The palate was definitely quite exotic melon skins, lemon and ground almond frangipani, sherbet straws and orange oil one panellist kept muttering about Cleopatra, freshly bathed in rose petals and milk! The reduced nose delighted us with honey, dark chocolate-coated marzipan, toffee bonbons, aromatherapy oils including mint and rosemary and a Funchal flower market next-door to Blandys. The reduced palate was silky smooth chocolate Swiss roll, raspberry, coconut and vanilla, with a finish hinting at oak, tobacco and grapefruit peel.

Cask:First-fillbarrel
Age: 16 years
Date distilled:September 2003
Alcohol: 54.9%
USA allocation: 96 bottles