Quick stop at the SMWS to say hello to PS. He lets me try his dram.
31.38 32yo d.1988 Slippers by the fire (43.5%, SMWS Society Cask, ex-Bourbon Cask Finished in First-Fill ex-Sauternes Barrique, 124b): nose: fruity and sweet, teeming with prune syrup and pressed dried dates. The nose has a lick of nail varnish too, albeit in a secondary role. Mouth: syrupy, sweet, it is obviously an active sherry cask, though not of the earthy type. Dried dates, prunes, figs, apricots, all slathered in thick syrup. There is also a gently bitter note of wood spices. Finish: the wood is louder, here, spicy, toasted, borderline liquorice-y, yet the dried fruits are still present as well, thick and jammy. This spent twenty-seven years in a Bourbon cask!? The Sauternes finish clearly messed it up metamorphosed it. Not much of the distillery character survives, if any. That said, it is far from bad; a nice £75 bottle to sip. Trouble is: the introduction price is £425... 7/10 (Thanks for the dram, PS)
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