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Aged in sherry barrels for at least some of their maturation, these whiskies will often have a fruity, nutty and spicy character. Don’t fret about the spice, I don’t mean spicy like a vindaloo, you won’t be panic-swallowing milk after a dram of these whiskies.
The sherry influence is both spicy and fruity in this single-malt Scotch. The distillery is a personal favourite of mine, and this particular offering started the love affair.
This is a very approachable dram, with a smooth character. I always taste a mixture of dried fruits with a fresh apple note as well, a lovely nutty flavour, almond I think, and notes of dessert spices, toffee and milk chocolate. What do you think? Leave us a review.
This is a great whisky, full to the brim with flavour and character. Most whiskies, even in this category, will still be aged in American oak casks for a significant portion of their maturation, but this whisky is aged entirely in sherry casks.
Both Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso sherry casks are used and this leaves a lovely flavour profile of sherried fruits, vanilla, toffee and a lovely cinnamon note. As a side note, if you like this one, I’d strongly recommend the Glendronach Port Wood, what a whisky that is as well, as it's also aged in port pipes it's a bit more a beastie than this one, but a beautiful beast.
So, to follow, just about anything from the two distilleries above, neither Aberlour or Glendronach put a foot wrong as far as I’m concerned.
Oban 14-year-old is a great whisky that fits the classic or smoky whisky flavours as well as it does this one, strong malty notes with figs from the sherry and a nice tone of smoke as well. It is complex, sophisticated and delicious.
Glenfiddich’s 15-year-old is rather unique, and definitely worth a try. It’s aged in a solera vat which hasn’t been drained in decades so some of the whisky in the bottle will be far older than fifteen years. It’s a proper sherried whisky with dried fruits, spice and nuts all present, with the orchard fruit flavours typical of Glenfiddich.
