Daftmill 2010 Summer Batch

Daftmill is a farm distillery. Owned and operated by the Cuthbert family, it only runs in the farm’s quiet periods; midsummer and winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. When not distilling, Francis Cuthbert looks after the estate, growing the malting barley used to make this Lowland whisky.
Summer 2010 was the last time we used the variety Optic for distilling. It was grown in our South fields. The barrels, which had previously been used to mature bourbon from Clermont Springs distillery in Kentucky, were matured on the ground floor of the dunnage warehouse.
The whisky from the twenty five first fill bourbon barrels used in this bottling were distilled and filled in July 2010 and bottled in 2021.
 
TASTING NOTES
Nose: a vibrant and playfully fruity profile, one that immediately brings to mind lime cordial, cheesecake, new leather, limoncello and sweet youthful dessert wines. This one really does feel ‘summery’ with notes of yellow flowers, nectars and pollens.
Palate: the sweetness is more restrained by bigger and more assertive cereal tones. Malt extract, freshly crushed grist, soda bread spread with honey and butter, and then some muddled green herbs. This herbal quality takes on a nicely bitter edge with time and there are further toasty cereal notes.
Finish: the cereal richness in this one lingers for a good length of time, with additional notes of bitter lemon pith, bread dough and dried flowers. Veers cleverly between punchy and playful.