46.140 Say It With Flowers

Scotch Malt Whisky Society cask 46.140, Say It With Flowers, is a single cask single malt Scotch whisky from Glenlossie in Speyside (SMWS distillery code 46). Distilled on 9 March 2010, it matured for 12 years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel. It was bottled at a cask strength of 59.2% ABV, with an outturn of 156 bottles. The Society files it under its Spicy & sweet flavour profile. Coconut and almond white-chocolate truffles arrive with a bouquet of flowers on the nose, and the silky palate moves from vanilla yoghurt and fresh fruit to aniseed spice and rosewater. Water brings malted milk biscuits, fudge and salted caramel. Like every Society bottling it is bottled at cask strength without chill filtration.

Nose: Coconut and almond white-chocolate truffles with a bouquet of flowers; water adds malted milk biscuits and fudge

Palate: Silky vanilla yoghurt with fruit, nuts and mint, then aniseed spice and rosewater; water brings salted caramel and sugared cashews

Finish: Long, with cinnamon swirls, Battenberg cake and lemon-lime-chilli sorbet

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