41.167 Oozes Decadence

Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 41.167, Oozes Decadence, is a single cask single malt Scotch whisky from Dailuaine in Speyside (SMWS distillery code 41). Distilled on 21 June 2007, it spent 12 years in ex-bourbon wood before being transferred to a first-fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead, and was bottled at 15 years old. It was bottled at a cask strength of 56% ABV, with an outturn of 240 bottles. The Society files it under its Deep, rich & dried fruits flavour profile. The nose travels from Dundee cake and brandy snaps to sherry trifle, Madeira and butter pecan pastries; the chewy palate offers honey, dates and hot cross buns, with a dry finish of quince paste and ginger halva. Like every Society bottling it is bottled at cask strength without chill filtration.

Nose: Dundee cake, brandy snaps, sherry trifle, Madeira and butter pecan pastries; water adds candy floss, stem ginger, cherry clafoutis and black forest cake

Palate: Chewy honey, dates, raisins and hot cross buns; water brings cinnamon swirls and jam doughnuts giving way to roasted chestnut, pink peppercorn and dark chocolate

Finish: Dry, with quince paste, cranberry sauce and ginger halva

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