Fruit Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon 8 Year Old 70cl Whisky

Scotland • 70cl • 48%
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£42.95

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Single Malt

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Scotland

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Christmas Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon

Fruit Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon 8 Year Old

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.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Nose

Dried fruit soaked in sherry, gingersnaps, brandy butter, clove, malty vanilla lingering underneath.

Palate

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.

Finish

The eponymous fruit cake notes hang around for a good while afterwards, with hints of citrus oil and chocolate mousse.

Overall

Turns out that very descriptive name is... Well, it's very descriptive, and incredibly accurate, too!

Allergy Information

Celery No
Cereals Containing Gluten Info not yet available
Crustaceans No
Eggs No
Fish No
Lupin No
Milk No
Molluscs No
Mustard No
Nuts No
Peanuts No
Sesame Seeds No
Soybeans No
Sulphur Dioxide Sulphites No
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