Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Strathisla 12 Year Old 2008 First Fill Sherry Hogshead 56.9% ABV

Strathisla 2008 12 Year Old is a single cask Speyside single malt from Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength series. Distilled in 2008 at Strathisla, the oldest continuously operating distillery in Scotland and the home of Chivas Regal, it matured for 12 years in a first fill sherry hogshead before bottling at a natural cask strength of 56.9% ABV. It is non-chill-filtered and at natural colour. The sherry wood shows clearly: ginger and honey on the nose, sweet red berries and orange marmalade on the palate, and a medium-bodied finish of fruit and spice. A lively, younger cask-strength counterpoint to the distillery's better-known blended role. 750ml.

Tasting Notes: Sherry, ginger, red berries, marmalade and spice.

Nose: Sherry with ginger and a little honey.

Palate: Sweet, smooth red berries with orange marmalade.

Finish: Medium-bodied, with fruit and spice.

Serve: Neat, or with a few drops of water.