Iniquity Whisky Silver Batch No. 010
Tasting Notes
Nose
Shellac and floor wax, woody herbs, toasted nuttiness, more herbal notes (thyme, wintergreen and mint), with dried apricots and dry sherry. Some meadow flowers, talcum powder and tobacco leaf. More roasted/charred nuts. Some sour leather.
Palate
Big honey, sour fruit, then herbal with some resin (vine sap), slightly astringent leafy tannins in the back palate.
Finish
Honey and dried apricots, leafy tannins, some aromatic bitters, long and warming, the leafiness persists.
Provenance
American Oak Port Casks
46% ABV
Comment
Lovely colour, autumn brown with auburn and orange highlights. Good balanced package, drier than usual. Disgracefully easy drinking, but far too challenging for a beginner's dram.