CRAIGELLACHIE 10 ans 2008 COLLECTIVE 2.0

Nose : firm, powerful. The very concentrated initial nose is characterized by notes of white fruits (apple, pear), freshly cut grass and spices (ginger, clove). Allowed to breathe, it becomes more jammy (apricot, peach) and at the same time delicately honeyed (acacia). It then takes on an increasingly malty (porridge), vanilla and rich (flan) aspect. The aromatic palette continually increases in concentration.

Palate : rich, energetic. At first, the attack returns to the rich, vanilla register of the nose. Next, notes of straw bring out its naturally farmyard character. The deliciously tannic mid-palate is powdery (cocoa, ginger) and slightly earthy. The warm end of the palate is then liquorice and delicately woody (oak, wax).

Overall : dense, long. Continuing on from the palate, the finish begins by revealing notes of cocoa bean and vanilla. Turning to sweet pastries, it then invites us to savour an apricot tart. Soon after, floral aromas (violet, lavender) make their first appearance alongside malting barley. The particularly fruity (Mirabelle plum, peach) retronasal olfaction is also spicy (clove) and medicinal (camphor). The empty glass is malty, milky (coconut) and vegetal (moss, lichen).