Glentauchers 10y/o The Whisky Cask - 57.2%ABV - 30ml

A very active first fill Oloroso Sherry cask somewhat dominates, very dark and rich -sugar, berries, tobacco, leather, nutella, very slight astringency on the finish like a slightly bitter dark chocolate. Bottled by the German independent bottler The Whisky Cask this was a hyped bottle in Europe a few years ago - largely because of the very dark copper colour and very high scoring reviews by enthusiastic sherry heads. Later reviewers who were not fans of this profile called it close to a fortified sherry with some tannin bitterness - clearly they haven't tasted much Aussie whisky where big cask influence from fortified wine and tannins is often more evident.