Home Blend 1980 Wilson and Morgan 35 Year Old Sherry Wood 70cl, 46.7%
$360.00
Home Blend 1980 Wilson and Morgan 35 Year Old Sherry Wood
Wilson & Morgan was founded in Italy in 1992 by Fabio Rossi, the son of prolific importer Mario Rossi Jr, who began distributing Scotch whisky back in the 1960s. His son’s company was one of a new generation of Italian bottlers established in the 1990s, which aimed to replicate the successes of predecessors like Samaroli and Moon Import.
This is a blend of 1980 vintage malt and grain whiskies, aged in sherry wood and bottled as 35 year old in 2015.
Category Blend
Bottler Wilson & Morgan (WM)
Bottling serie Barrel Selection – Collector’s Edition
Vintage 1980
Bottled 2015
Stated Age 35 years old
Cask type Sherry Butt
Cask number 27
Number of bottles 433 / 470
Strength 47.6 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Tasting Note
Nose: Cocoa, pipe tobacco and a bit of dried orange peel. A little more earthy and leathery as it sits; some pencil lead/graphite too now. The fruit gets richer with time: apricot and plum now. With a few drops of water the emphasis shifts to the fruit.
Palate: The sherry is to the fore on the palate, with dried fruit and nuts leading the way and the earthier notes behind. Wonderful balance and integration of flavours, and the mouthfeel is very nice too. With more time the oak gets more prominent and the cocoa moves towards milk chocolate; the citrus gets a little brighter too. Water knocks the oak back and pulls out some malty notes.
Finish: Medium-long. Nothing new here; the nutty notes get a little more bitter and the orange pops up again at the end. Longer with water and maltier and fruitier.
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