High Coast Distillery, 63, Batch 4, Single Malt Whisky, Sweden (63%)
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High Coast Distillery
High Coast, formerly known as Box Distillery, was founded in 2010, making it one of Sweden’s oldest distilleries and among the world’s most northerly. The distillery produces both heavily peated and unpeated whisky under the watchful eye of production managers Roger Melander and Lars Karlsson, both passionate lovers of whisky themselves. High Coast draw inspiration from both the rugged whiskies of Scotland and the precise beauty of the Japanese style to create something that may well surpass both.
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Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Save 40% on the 70cl bottle, previously priced at £151.50. Offer valid until 11:59 pm on 2nd February. BBX listings excluded.
Wonderfully rich and forward nose. Dried orange, caramel and crystalised ginger sit in front of an enticingly smoky core. There is a very charming and unmistakable cherry character peering through also. In the mouth, it is generous; there is a sweet touch to the fruit that balances the warming peat and salted caramel.
The finish develops remarkably until you have a baked fruit and pastry sensation. The 63% is warming but not overwhelming, the sweetness gives an incredible balance to it, and it goes down remarkably well. Very tasty and certainly a contender for a drop or two of water. This evocative winter warmer should make its way to your sideboard.
Charlie Leech, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd
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