THE SULTAN’S TREASURE CHEST: CLAN CASK ENDS & JUNE PREVIEWS – Scotch Whisky News
THE SULTAN’S TREASURE CHEST: CLAN CASK ENDS & JUNE PREVIEWS
Open the treasure chest to find your ideal booty – wave good bye to the Whisky Clans with two brilliantly priced Clan Cask End Parcels and say hello to 3 brand new bottlings for June. Be transported by magic carpet to an exotic land of evocative flavours: caramel wafers with barbecued meats in an ‘Autumnal fairground dram’ or fresh apples and herbs ‘Like summer’. Whether you love battling for your rare Clan Parcel or conjuring up seasons past, make sure you get one of these treasures in your chest…
Old & dignified
39.96 The Sultan’s Treasure Chest
The Panel were transported by magic carpet to an exotic land. It was like opening a old cedar treasure chest filled with aromas…
Age: 29
Outturn:131
Cask: Refill ex-bourbon hogshead
Lightly peated
66.48 Autumn fairground dram
The nose delivered clean, mild smoke, then woody autumnal notes of coppiced hazel, beech-mast and bonfires. There was peat-smoke on the palate too – but it was also surprisingly sweet…
Age: 11
Outturn: 218
Cask: Refill ex-bourbon barrel
Spicy & sweet
G7.6 Like summer
The nose began with fresh, airy notes of apple, glue, and pine (‘a herb garden near a forest’) but like the first drops of summer rain, lumps of sweetness landed…
Age: 21
Outturn:217
Cask: Refill ex-bourbon barrel
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