Behold the colour of this Ben Nevis 1999 bottled by Valinch & Mallet , and remember this is a bourbon cask. This could be interesting.

Ben Nevis 19 yo 1999 (51,7%, Valinch & Mallet ‘Hidden Casks’ 2018, bourbon hogshead, 278 btl.)

Nose: lots of woody aromatics, think cinnamon pastry, herbs and mentholated  notes, grated coconut. Piny notes. Whiffs of brass polish. Underneath some sweet candy too: Haribo sweets, oranges, red apples. Some more un-modern notes in the background, like lamp oil, wild flowers and leather. Interesting. Mouth: a powerful yet rounded mix of orange peels and apple skin,...