Willowbank 1990 Single Cask, 23 years old (NZWC) /63.5%/ 0.7l

Willowbank Distillery was an investment by the Baker family in 1974. The distillery was based in Dunedin, on New Zealand's South Island.

In 1981, it was taken over by the Canadian concern Seagram, which replaced the stills with steel ones for copper ones, which significantly improved the quality of the whisky produced there. In 1997, the Canadians ended their adventure with New Zealand whisky, the distillery was sold to the beer producer Foster, who soon removed the distilling equipment from there and put the whisky stocks up for auction. The main buyer was the New Zealand Malt Whisky Company, which soon began selling them under the name Milford single malt. The Willowbank presented here is the content of barrel no. 137 filled in 1990, bottled in the cask strength version (63.5% abv) in March 2013.

Nose: malty and fruity, peaches, apricots, pears, bananas, croutons, vanilla, toffee, notes of forest floor, wax and polished oak.

Taste : vanilla, milk chocolate, banana cake, vanilla, marzipan, coconut flakes, oranges, nectarines, notes of hay and oak.

Finish : long, with notes of vanilla, toffee, sweet bread, milk chocolate, apples and oak.