Single Cask Nation T.D.L Angostura 2003

Single Cask Nation is a bottler with roots in the whisky world, and this release goes to Trinidad Distillers Limited, the column still house behind Angostura, for a 2003 vintage matured 16 years. It sits in the classic minty, fruit-forward style that drinkers prize from the 2003 TDL casks.

Distilled clean on the column still from Trinidadian molasses and tropically aged in ex-bourbon oak, it lands fragrant and lighter-bodied. The aroma leads with mint, lychee, grapes and fruit, the palate keeps the mint and menthol alongside yellow fruits and dark chocolate, and the finish turns to cherry, dried fruit, liquorice and chocolate. The herbal and floral lift and the well-judged oak give it elegance, and the 55.4% stays balanced. Best enjoyed neat, it is a refined, easier-drinking reading of the celebrated 2003 Trinidad profile for drinkers ready to explore the island's single casks.