This is one of the bottles that came back with us from Islay. I gather that rioja casks played a part in its creation. At 52.5% there should be a good kick at least. It has a good brown colour with just a hint of red about it. There is a mustiness in the nose that makes me think of old fashioned sweet shops. Whew, it is a strong one. This is drier that most with a lot of wood. A touch of water helps the flavour develop but it was much better with Ronnie's water from the burn. It's making me think of the scent of a freshly pulled cork from a bottle of red wine.
The bottle is just half full as we opened it one night with Ronnie and Marie. The picture shows Marie, Ronnie and Dot on the steps of the front door to the Monachs. It is said whisky that is in the glasses held by Ronnie and Dot.
During the evening we ran out of water from the Burn so I was dispatched by Marie with an empty whisky bottle to get some more. She pointed out the general direction of the burn over a barbed wire fence. Well I managed to negotiate a second fence and fill the bottle without getting my feet too wet. On the way back I spotted that Ronnie had installed a stile over the fence higher up. I don't think Marie could have known about it as she was quite surprised when I returned with no search party required.
When we caught up with Ronnie in the morning he was feeling bad as he had an empty bottle of Infinity in the kitchen. He cheered up when I assured him that we hadn't actually drunk the whole lot the night before and pointed out that it was an empty bottle of the first edition, which was sherry casked. Happy days.
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