Park Life – 22 year old – Highland Single Malt Refill Sherry

Notes from the Bottler:
Here is an insight into the life of an indy bottler… Sometimes fantastic liquids land on the table of small independents like us. It’s a challenge to navigate- the liquids often come with a caveat such as “this was distilled at this particular fantastic distillery but you can’t use the name on the bottles”. It’s difficult because the liquid is great, the price is great, but the customer wants transparency on what they are drinking- which is fair enough.

So then we have to put on our thinking caps and work out the best way to keep everyone happy. So here is Park Life, a short series of bottlings from a particularly delicious distiller’s repertoire in the Highland region of Scotland (if you didn’t know, all the islands of Scotland are ‘Highland’ region except Islay). This isn’t from Islay. Or Mull. Or Skye. Or Jura. Or Arran.

This liquid has been aged in a refill sherry wood. It’s not a strong sherry influence at all but the liquid is stunningly complex.
This is a fantastic dram which is distillery character forward- not wood forward. We know it won’t last forever so we will simply enjoy this day in the sun.

As always, un-chill filtered, un-coloured, un-faffed about with.

NOSE
Caramel sweetness with a rare touch of mint and eucalyptus.

PALATE
A bold yet balanced profile of herbals, layered with creamy vanilla and super subtle smoke suggestion.

FINISH
A smoky-sweet finale that lingers with soft herbally goodness and caramel.

55.0% ABV.