Dr Bill, our Director of Whisky Creation, was born with a taste for adventure. And with this single malt he sought to create a whisky as unpredictable as his travels.

The Quinta Ruban 14 Years Old is a whisky journey into the wild – a dark and delectable forest where the wind whistles with gusts of peppermint and dark swirls of chocolate can happen at any moment.

In our giraffe-high stills, it begins soft and fruity, then gets darker and deeper as we let it age for 14 years in bourbon casks and port casks from Portugal.

The finished whisky is a thicket of voluptuous flavour combinations. Walnut and black pepper. Mandarin orange and melted marshmallow. Dark chocolate bar and peppermint.

Like stepping into a chocolate-minty-orange unknown, the journey is as delicious as the destination.

On the nose there is roasted marshmallow, almond, red fruits, and a curious, perfumed top note, like Parma violets. There are some classic buttery notes vanilla and fudge, baked apples, gentle fragrant wood smoke and freshly baked bread and beeswax. It has an oily, viscous mouthfeel, gently peppery. The palate continues with more baked apples, fudge, gentle citrus, orange blossom honey, and hints of eucalyptus oil. There is sweet aniseed on the aftertaste, along with some leather and oak. 

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