35.343 Dramming At The Day Spa

Glen Moray 9 Year Old 2013, Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 35.343 Dramming At The Day Spa, is a single cask single malt Scotch from the Glen Moray distillery in the Speyside region (SMWS distillery code 35). Distilled on 1 August 2013, it was matured for 9 years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel and bottled at a natural cask strength of 59.1% ABV, with an outturn of just 235 bottles. The Society places it in its Juicy, oak & vanilla flavour profile, and its Tasting Panel describes a big, generous and easy-going dram of lemon meringue, custard and fresh malt. Like every SMWS bottling it is presented at cask strength without chill filtration, and the label carries the Society's cask code rather than the distillery name.

Nose: Lemon meringue pie with vanilla custard, hawthorn, lime jelly, apple juice and crushed malt; water brings apple turnover, brown sugar, orange-zested butter, mint tea and vanilla shortbread

Palate: Robust and mouth-coating: cherry lozenges, candied hazelnuts, sweetened olive oil and dried banana; water adds crème anglaise, fruit chews, granola and papaya

Serve: Neat first, then with a few drops of water to open it up; at full cask strength it rewards patience.