Cask No. 19.98 Israel Warmup your palate with the

Warmup your palate with the crisp and elegant ex-bourbon Cask No

liquorice sweets and sausage casserole

fresh straw and dried spices while sticky treacle

Date distilled: April 1997

Cask No. 19.98 Israel Warmup your palate with theTart and sweet, the nose gave us toffee popcorn, apricot flan and tinned mandarins with custard, golden grapes shrivelling on the vine and cranachan components (raspberries, honey, toasted oats). In the main, the neat palate was fruity brambles, yellow plums, golden sultanas, rum and raisin ice cream but the finish was complex and enigmatic, with suggestions of forest floor, spearmint and chilli rice crackers. That enigma continued on the reduced nose