1770 Glasgow Peated Virgin Oak & PX Sherry Casks Batch No. 03 Cask Strength (61%)

This is a peated Lowland single malt from the Glasgow Distillery, released as Batch 03 in a run of 1,000 bottles. It is unfiltered and bottled at a cask strength of 61% ABV. The malt first matured in virgin American white oak and then took its finish in Pedro Ximénez sherry hogsheads. The result is a terracotta colour and a strongly smoky whisky with dark fruit running through it. The nose combines barbecue sauce and smoked Ibérico ham with poached plums and flamed orange zest. On the palate come dark chocolate, tobacco leaf and toasted oak, with sweet fruit from the sherry finish breaking through the smoke. The finish is long and spicy.