Glenrothes – 10 Year Old Oloroso Cask (70cl, 53.5%)

A 10-year-old single malt Scotch whisky from Glenrothes, distilled in 2013 and bottled by Duncan Taylor in Speyside. Its defining feature is an Oloroso sherry octave cask finish. Octave casks have a smaller capacity than standard barrels, giving more wood contact relative to spirit volume and intensifying the interaction between whisky and cask. Oloroso sherry casks add nutty richness, dried fruit, spice, chocolate and darker sweetness. The profile is bold, with chocolate, butterscotch, dried fruit, spice, stewed fruit and honeyed oak. It is bottled at natural cask strength and is un-chill filtered; only 96 bottles were produced.