WhiskyNotes follower Wim recently told me he had been impressed by this recent young Miltonduff 2005 , so we decided to set up a sample exchange.

You can find a series of similar releases from Duncan Taylor , all bottled from small recoopered Octave casks . All these casks contain only 80-90 bottles, which means they’re sold out very quickly.

Miltonduff 9 yo 2005 (54,2%, Duncan Taylor ‘The Octave’ for The Nectar 2014, reconstructed ex-sherry octave cask #837112, 81 btl.)

Nose: a sherried nose with lots of baked apples and apricot pastry with cinnamon. Some overripe melons and...