Special Cask Edition #15 French Oak ex-Muscat, TD0302, was aged for 13 years and 11 months in a single 325L, first fill French Oak ex-Muscat cask. This cask yielded a mere 265 bottles at 47.6% abv.
The Special Cask label is reserved for our rarest whiskies. One of a kind releases that don’t fall into our usual French or American Oak styles, these whiskies must also have exceptional scores from our tasting panel and represent the heights of what Sullivans Cove can achieve. Wine barrels, virgin oak, refills, or something else entirely, if it’s got a green label, you can be sure you’re getting something unique and incredibly special.
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Cask number:
TD0302
Age:
13 years, 11 months
ABV:
47.6%
Made in Tasmania
Shipping Dimensions:
1.68 kg 10.5 x 10.5 x 23 cm
How our works
"Incredibly, the delicacies of Muscat have not been lost to the savoury grip of French Oak. They have married and mellowed together; a balanced Ying/Yang situation which embraces the nuances of all parties. A rich and sumptuous single cask!"
Sullivans Cove Sensory Team
TASTING NOTES
Nose
Immediately rich and alluring, the stage is set early for a weighty, broad-shouldered dram. The darker components of Muscat present themselves first: medjool dates, honeycomb and spiced fruit toast, backed up by the structured coffee and oolong tea oak notes. Caramel, banana, cola bottles open up with some air, while delicate trails of baking spice and eucalyptus weave throughout.
Palate
Honeycomb and fruit toast lead the charge, and we move into a palate-realm as deep and dark as the nose: leather, prunes, cinnamon and tobacco, with a gentle bacon note. But we’re not lost; the guiding structural finesse of French Oak steers the ship with an earthy, herbal grip throughout the centre of the palate, holding space for brighter notes of candied orange peel and rose syrup. Silky.
Finish
A natural flow from palate to finish highlights the integration achieved here. Oolong tea returns alongside cherry ripe, fruit compote, subtle baking spice and a big banana milkshake. Spirit and oak are very well integrated in flavour and texture; harmonious and delicious flavour flows in abundance.
“Our dedication to long-term maturation has remained the same since 1994, enabling us to consistently release Australia’s oldest whiskies, a choice underpinned by one ethos - the whisky comes good when the whisky comes good; we don’t bottle to a schedule, instead, we are guided by the liquid.”
“Our dedication to long-term maturation has remained the same since 1994, enabling us to consistently release Australia’s oldest whiskies, a choice underpinned by one ethos - the whisky comes good when the whisky comes good; we don’t bottle to a schedule, instead, we are guided by the liquid.”
