Another dram that attracted my attention in the recent Darkness bottlings is this Cragganmore 27 Years , because it is finished in a bespoke 50-litre Fino cask . A great wine but sometimes difficult to pair with whisky.

Cragganmore 27 yo (49,1%, Darkness! 2017, Fino cask #157, 100 btl., 50 cl)

Nose: indeed traces of Fino, with walnut (cake), chalk and traces of fresh bread crusts. But also an underlying sweetness, vanilla, sweet apples and orange honey. Grassy notes. Perhaps a little tobacco. There’s something about this that reminds me of Bunnahabhain. Mouth: fairly dry, with earthy notes,...