Caroni 25 Year Old 1998 SMWS Single Bourbon Barrel R13.6 Cocoa Tornado Trinidadian Rum (2023) 70cl

Caroni 25 Year Old 1998 SMWS Single Bourbon Barrel R13.6 Cocoa Tornado Trinidadian Rum (2023) 70cl

1 of 220 bottles produced from a single bourbon barrel

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!

TASTING NOTES

As dark clouds of menacing chocolate loomed overhead, in the darkness we lit paraffin lamps that cast flickering shadows among the heavy oak trees that stood over us. Velvety raspberry stout began to rain down from above then, in an instant, a tremendous bolt of lighting split the gloom and scorched its way through bramble and chocolate ganache. The first few drops of water turned into chocolate truffle hail stones that crashed into tiramisu, casting puffs of cocoa powder into the air. The crust of creme brulee cracked and splintered with another lightning strike, scattering shards of sugar on to trifle sponge and dark hedgerow berries.

61.7% ABV

70cl