Wolfburn tasting evening at The Oak Barrel, Sydney, May 30th 2019: Whisky #4 Nose: Fruity and floral, but darker in character and more mellow than the rest of the Wolfburn core range. The pear is now peach, the apricot nectar is dried apricot, the pineapple has been simmered in honey. The presence of sherry is more noticeable with some definite raisin notes and nutty hints. There's an inscrutable mellow maturity that is surprising given the age of the spirit, and a background aroma of vanilla. Palate: A sweet combination of sultanas, honey and cream that billows onto the palate upon arrival. Rich, rounded, silky and supple with a good texture - oily and full with caramel, maple syrup and toffee tones balanced by ginger and allspice. Almonds and cashews, a mild oak note with some cappuccino and dark chocolate in the background. Finish: Medium/long. Excellent. The palate seamlessly dissipates into a lingering honeyed dark fruit and cereal aftertaste, with a slightly savory overtone. This is a very good whisky for its age. Hand on heart - if you poured me a dram of this and asked me to guess the age I'd say it was 8-10 years old, but astonishingly it is just four and a half years old. 75% of the content was matured in half-sized (100 litre) first-fill bourbon casks, and 25% was matured in second-fill oloroso hogsheads. What Wolfburn has accomplished here is remarkable. They have distilled a balanced, fruity, elegant new-make that requires only modest maturation (although in very good casks, I'm sure) to produce whisky with character and charm in less than 5 years. It outclasses many drams of twice that age or more - compare this to recent 12 year old Fine Oak Macallan and the difference is frankly embarrassing (for the Macallan). They have pulled off this small batch trick three times in a row now. The No.128 and No.270 expressions were both great drams, but with this No.375 they have excelled themselves. If you have not tasted something by this young distillery (for heavens sake - their first spirit run was only 6 years ago!) then you are missing a great experience. Wolfburn is the far north coast Kilchoman, and they are on track to become the far north coast Springbank. This expression was overwhelmingly voted the best of the tasting session, and it sold out in minutes on the night. If you can find a bottle - buy it. “Very Good" : 87/100 (4.25 stars)