Fable Chapter 5: Hound, Mannochmore 13 Year Old 53.2%

53.2% | 70cl | Speyside | Single Cask | Cask Strength

This is a fantastic example of this enigmatic distillery with an exciting house style that is fruity and fresh. Flavours of apple, tropical fruit and crème brûlée combine to create a sophisticated crowd-pleasing single cask, single malt. Matured in hogsheads to enhance the fruity house style of this Speyside distillery.

This 13 Year Old release came from new wood cask 2614, which yielded just 302 bottles at 53.2% abv.

Distillery tasting notes

NOSE: Ripe pear, honeydew melon, fine oak flavour. Ripened strawberries mixed with white grapes. Obvious aromas of pear, honey, herb garden.

PALATE:  Mango and pear storms forward followed by oak flavour. Very full-oily mouthfeel, the strawberry grape comes back, oily-crisp. A little forest honey. Candle wax mouthfeel. Green fruit. The finish is long. With water added – less of that toasted oak notes, bright green exotic fruit salad, fresh bread, very buttery.

FINISH: An elegant expression from Mannochmore, even at cask strength, the honey-pear-mango essence with the most pleasant toasted oak notes. Fruit salad, long – medium finish very slightly astringent, spicy oak, fresh mint, creamy banana.