Fettercairn – 22 Year Old (70cl, 47%)

Fettercairn 22 Year Old is a Highland single malt aged for twenty-two years in ex-bourbon American oak casks and bottled at 47%, in a 70cl bottle. It is unpeated, with the focus on fruit rather than smoke. The distillery's cooling-ring system helps keep a lighter spirit style, so banana, citrus and stone-fruit character remain evident after long ageing, while the oak adds cedar, spice, vanilla and caramelised notes. The nose brings banana, citrus and plum with raisin, fig and gingerbread. On the palate, spiced pear and caramelised orange meet coffee and liquorice. The long finish carries Morello cherry, plum and treacle.