20 brilliant experts for an exceptional whisky. For Project XX, Brian Kinsman broke with the usual conventions of single malt production. He invited 20 whisky experts from 16 countries to come to Dufftown and asked them to select a cask from Glenfiddich distillery's stocks. The selection ranged from whiskies stored for many years in port casks to whiskies resting in old sherry and bourbon casks. Brian Kinsman then combined the casks masterfully. His aim was to create a whisky that would not only be unique, but would also reflect the incomparable, rich facets of the different casks.
Nose: Sweet with notes of milk chocolate and lemon, smoked tea, maritime aromas, soot. With water, becomes extremely fruity with a trace of red fruit jam and its smoky side coming through strongly.
Taste: Light and full-bodied texture at once, smoky then dry. Minty dark chocolate, salty. Water rounds things out and makes the taste even more powerful and succulent and sweet and spicy.
Finish: Beautiful, clean, very long with mentholated smoke.