Single Malt
Scotland
Christmas Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon
Fruit Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon 8 Year Old is a shiny, but curiously familiar addition to the &Whisky range. If you’ve taken a sneaky look ahead at the tasting notes, you might have already figured it out. On the palate, it’s like revisiting an old friend. Because it is!
In the name of science and statistics, the team has ditched the Christmas wrapping, transforming its Christmas Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon 8 Year Old into something more suitable for all year round – like a birthday, barbecues, starry nights on the beach beside a roaring bonfire, or y’know… just a Thursday evening!
Fruit Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon 8 Year Old is not just for Christmas. When you think about it, lots of those “festive” notes of clove, ginger, citrus, and baking spice that we see splashed around tasting notes aren’t all that dissimilar from the sort of flavours you’d expect in tropical serves...
What we’re saying is, a lot comes down to how the tasting notes and label are worded. So allow the power of suggestion to take hold, maybe try thinking tropical spiced punch and forget the mince pies. That is until the evenings close in, and it's back to roasting chestnuts with a scrummy bottle of something more seasonal.
Dried fruit soaked in sherry, gingersnaps, brandy butter, clove, malty vanilla lingering underneath.
A big helping of orange as it arrives on the palate, soon joined by dark chocolate shavings, golden syrup, cinnamon sticks, dried cherry, dates, and shortbread.
The eponymous fruit cake notes hang around for a good while afterwards, with hints of citrus oil and chocolate mousse.
Turns out that very descriptive name is... Well, it's very descriptive, and incredibly accurate, too!
Wife and I really enjoying the whisky. Very smooth with great taste.
