A 1972 (19 years in wood) was another bourbon wood spirit with an attractive nuttiness; the 1965 (25 years) was sherry again; the 1962 (29 years) was already woody but with a splendid combination of oloroso sherry, licorice and peat.
The last three were a rich, raisiny amontillado, a nutty dry oloroso, and a sweet, buttery oloroso.
The last three were a rich, raisiny amontillado, a nutty dry oloroso, and a sweet, buttery oloroso.
Some had been housed in casks in which sherry had been fermented, others simply in casks which had aged dry or sweet oloroso. The whisky for the American casks was far paler and more buttery.