Angel's Share
Leidsche Singel Malt
Dropping into a warm fruit bath
An app in my phone popped up: " Tim, I got a new bottle I'm about to release. Can I interest you in one? If so, I can drop by tomorrow!"
This was send by Tom. I mentioned him before in my review of the Leidsche Singel Malts Batch 1 and Batch 2.
I responded enthusiastically and asked if he was releasing batch 3.
The answer was no. It was the first edition of 'Angel's Share' by Leidsche Singel Malt. This new series is supposed to be a little more luxurious than the Leidsche Singel Malts. And, as opposed to the LSM B1 and B2, this edition was not peated.
Working with a new color code, this new black label whisky carries a red stripe. In this case for a aging on a Oloroso Sherry cask. (YES, the label states finish. But believe me, this aged on that cask.)
And it is that cask, that immediately drops you into a vat of warm fruit.
The single cask whisky in this bottling was distilled in 2014 at a secret Speyside distillery, starting with the same letter as my name.
It was bottled at 46% and has no extra colouring and was non-chill filtered. A small dance around my glass leaves an oily haze coating the inside of my glass. The color is that of a thick apple juice, leaning towards a hint of orange.
The first nose in incredible. I got a hint of warm apple purée and some thick vanilla, but it immediately gets overruled by a full bouquet of dried fruits. Not just dried apple, but also grapes, apricots, and figs.
A second sniff releases something fresh like lime and is accompanied by some white pepper and biscuits.
The first sip is less layered than the nose, but punches you with bunch of sultanas as sweet as sugar. All the dried fruits pop up again, but covered in honey and powdered sugar.
The pepper and lime are gone and it is just sweetened fruits coating your mouth. This is a dram for a warm summer day! (Or evening.)
The finish releases some heat. Not spicy, not induced by the spirit, but just a cozy warm feeling. The flavour that is lingering is that of sweet fresh figs. And it lasts. This is not a short finish!
