SALTIRE CAOL ILA 17YO wine Long palate with smooth

Long palate with smooth

lemony citrus aromas

mitigating South Africa’s fierce summer heat and helping promote the delicate flavours and fresh textures that are a feature of Nelson Estate wines

Matured in a combination of refill bourbon barrels and refill American oak hogsheads before being married for a six-month finish in first fill oloroso sherry casks

SALTIRE CAOL ILA 17YO wine Long palate with smoothThis dram has a light straw colour. The nose begins slightly vegetal with marinated olives, then turns to candle wax framed by hickory smoked bacon and fresh mint tea. With time, the peat influenced aromas become stronger in stages while the mint tea develops into a sweet citrus note. The taste evokes images of wet, sizzling logs absorbing a mild early morning rain. Then comes a burst of chimney smoke. A long and lasting finish. Water makes this dram