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Annandale Man O' Words 2017 STR Wine Cask


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Key Facts About This Single Malt

Distillery: Annandale

Whisky Maker: (late) Dr Jim Swan

Range: Man O' Words

Region: Lowlands, Scotland

Age: 3 Years Old

Filled: 16/03/2017

Bottled: 12/06/2020

Cask Type: Single STR Burgundy Wine Cask

Cask Ref: 307

Alcohol by Volume: 60.4%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Bottle Size: 700ml

Man O' Words 2017 STR Tasting Notes

Official tasting notes

Colour: Rich, golden amber

Nose: Spicy hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. Creamy vanilla, butterscotch and sweet caramelised demerara sugar.

Palate: Hot melted butter which coats the palate. Hints of fresh conference pear, summer strawberries and fresh cream. Braeburn apple, blackberry, prunes and cool fresh honeydew melon.

About Annandale Whisky

Under the expert guidance of the late Dr Jim Swan, Annandale distillery filled just 90 230L STR Ex-Burgundy casks in March of 2017 with award-winning peated and unpeated new make malt spirit.

These casks were very much the brainchild of the Late Dr Jim Swan and a collaboration with Spanish cooperage Jose Miguel Martin. Originally filled with fine French Burgundy for a period of up to 7 years, once emptied, these casks went through the unique STR (Shaved Toasting and Recharring) coopering process.

  • Shaving: each cask went through a unique shaving process whereby the cask staves have been shaved to expose a combination of lightly wine soaked and virgin oak staves. 
  • Toasting: Using oak chips, this helps to caramelise the wood sugars and vanillins that have been exposed by the shaving process. This is a very delicate process: the wine contained inside of the staves must be caramelized too but overheating can potentially spoil the wine.
  • Recharred: This increases surface area exposed to the spirit and maximises flavour extraction.

These casks were then partially filled with oloroso sherry to keep the wood hydrated in transit from Spain to Annandale Distillery.

These casks have provoked some real intrigue to Annandale and have always been a favourite to taste during their days within the Annandale warehouses sampling from maturing casks. In fact, by November of 2017, they drew some stock from two of these casks at just 8 months old. They felt it was so stunning in flavour even at just 8 months old that they served it as part of Annandale’s 15th of November launch event- the day in which cask number 1 officially became whisky.

When these casks did ‘come of age’ and after much consideration and discussion, they bottled this cask 307 as Man O’ Words (filled 16/03/2017) and 348 as Man O’ Sword (filled 23/03/2017) which were bottled on the 12th June 2020. Two wonderful whiskies which combine delicious fruits including pear, strawberries and coconut with superbly delicate hints of spice and pepper to just tickle the palate.

Annandale Man O' Words 2017 STR Wine Cask
Annandale Man O' Words 2017 STR Wine Cask Sale price£85.95