Initially matured in American oak ex-bourbon casks, Quintessence spends a further five years in five different Californian red wine casks hand selected by Richard Paterson for this release, which marks his fifty years in the industry. Each cask held wine made with a different variety of grape, namely Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, providing different qualities to the final whisky.
Black Forest fruits, marmalade and honeycomb.
Tropical fruits, ginger and sun dried raisins.
Cassis, orange, fresh baked banana.
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Nice whisky but seriously overpriced. I much prefer the King Alex at one sixth of the price!
If I had fifteen hundred to drop on a bottle of whiskey (and I don't, for the record) I'd be willing to bet this is pretty tasty stuff. The bottle looks atttactive; I'm totally down with the whole "deer" thing.
An absolute superstar. Layer after layer of amazing flavours, quite unlike any other whisky in a good way.
I had the chance to sample a preview of this. It is mindblowingly good. Right up my street and it keeps on giving more and more with each sip.
