Heartwood Convict Redemption 12 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky (500ml)

Distilled by Bill Lark, this is another amazingly well balanced, high octane selection from Tim Duckett's aged whisky stocks. Distilled May 2001 and matured in an x Port Barrel before being bottled in August 2013. Only 115 bottles produced.

Tasting note: Cask HH0611 from BATCH 1 tasted] The deep, bright brassy gold colour appears slightly viscous in the glass. Opens with a rich, layered bouquet that’s initially brandy sauce / creme caramel becoming more plum pudding-like with exposure with hints of peppermint and old liquorice strap adding freshness. No nose prickle at all, which is surprising. Subsequent passes find fruit and nut chocolate aromas developing. A diverse sniff. Entry is creamy and plush leading into a restrained, remarkably balanced profile - tingly and bittersweet at mid palate with flashes of rubberiness, these are eclipsed by rum-like sugars towards the finish which fill out and round off the whisky nicely. Hints of ginger biscuit, vanilla and spicy plum pudding flavours play out with impressive length. Like a tight rope act that you’d expect to flounder or fail - instead this manages the extraordinary alcohol with aplomb. Another astonishing Australian whisky experience. 72.5% Alc./Vol.