Another one from Cadenhead’s Cask Strength series (white label). A very rare Allt-A-Bhainne 1980 (pronounced olt-er-vaine). Remember this is only around 12 years of age.

Alt-A-Bhainne (60.5%, Cadenhead’s Cask Strength 1992, white label, cask #100027)

Nose: chocolate coated candied orange, but also sour cherries, raspberry jam and hints of moist wood. Leafy notes, subtle tobacco. Some raisins underneath. A very light meaty character. There’s a chalky note but other than that, fairly classic. I’m not getting the funky farmy notes that Serge got. Mouth: powerful and rather oak influenced. Peppery heat, grasses, but there are flashes of jammy...