The Singleton Launches 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
The Singleton of Glen Ord Distillery has announced the third and final chapter in its Epicurean Odyssey Series: The Singleton 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
The Singleton 40 Year Old was drawn from eight casks and is a vatting of single malts matured in Ron Zacapa XO rum casks, ex-Bourbon barrels, and Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Fortified wine casks, bottled at 45.9% ABV.
Official tasting notes for The Singleton 40 Year Old follow:
Nose: The nose is mellow, with a little prickle at first; fruity top notes hint at dried apple and are soon backed by a more savory aroma evoking sage, while richer hints of fruit, suggesting plums enrobed in dark chocolate, sit on a balancing base of sweetly spicy oak, with light aromas of hard toffee and oak shavings. A drop of water introduces a wisp of waxy smoke.
Body: Light to medium.
Palate: At natural strength, the texture is decadently smooth and lightly waxy while the taste starts sweet, vibrant and very fruity, becoming slightly salty and plum sour mid-palate. Complex layers of flavor suggest pears slathered indulgently in dark chocolate and caramelized tropical fruits, as with toffee-covered banana and pineapple. Beautifully balanced and super-smooth, with sustained rich, sweet fruitiness balanced by slow-building black pepper. Velvet smooth dark chocolate tannins herald an appetizing drying note. A drop of water emphasizes the fruit and softens the spice, bringing out a mouth-cooling aftertaste.
Finish: Quite long, deep-flavored and lightly drying, with black pepper spice and another hint of waxy smoke.
The Singleton 40 Year Old is limited to 1,716 bottles globally, 126 of which are available for sale in the U.S. at a suggested retail price of $3,755 for a 700 mL bottle.
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Source: Diageo.