Swell De Spirits Strathmill 1990 32 Year Old
Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch
Bottler: Swell De Spirits
Founder: Michael Barbaria
Range: Field Trip Series #3
Distillery: Strathmill
Age: 32 years old
Distilled: 1990
Bottled: 2022
Region: Speyside, Scotland
Spirit: Single malt scotch
Cask Type: Single refill sherry butt
Cask Ref: 1635
Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength at 54%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 80 bottles (cask share)
Bottle Size: 500ml
Strathmill 32 Year Old Tasting Notes
Without water
Colour: Heavily-oaked Chardonnay
Nose: Lemon puff biscuits, orange blossom honey, and raisin Danish. Freshly printed magazines, ink, pulpy paper, leather briefcase with metal catches. Freshly cut willow tree and feathers.
Palate: Thick and creamy mouthfeel with a big hit of ginger, turmeric, lemon and honey. The paper from the nose comes next, good quality writing paper and ink from a vintage fountain pen, plus an antique metal propelling pencil. A large raisin Danish next to a paper bag of rum and raisin fudge.
Finish: Butter ball sweets, crystallised ginger, spearmint chews, clove balls. An antique Davenport desk, polished with beeswax.
With water
Nose: Water makes the nose richer and reveals milk chocolate, langues de chat biscuits, rum and raisin fudge, vanilla and ginger fudge. There are hard-boiled strawberry sweets, lemon and poppyseed muffins. Hot buttered brioche dripping with honey, olive oil, pulpy paper and fresh ink
Palate: Vanilla fudge, rum and raisin fudge. Lemon cupcakes, Victoria sponge cake with extra buttercream in the middle. Grass, sage, honey, turmeric, and gingerbread biscuits
Finish: Clove balls, gingerbread biscuits, shortbread biscuits and vanilla latte.
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Michael Barbaria