Stauning – HØST (70cl, 40.5%)

Stauning HØST, Danish for harvest, combines a barley single malt with malted rye whisky. It is bottled at 40.5% without chill-filtering or added colour. Both grains are grown near the distillery, floor-malted on site and dried in its own kiln. The whiskies were distilled twice in small direct-fired copper stills, then matured on site in first-fill bourbon barrels and heavily charred new American white oak. A finish in first-fill port casks adds fruity and floral notes to the grainy character. Vanilla, beeswax and citrus lead the nose. The palate brings meadow honey and toffee alongside apple and red berries, and the finish is syrupy, with cinnamon, oak and gentle spice.