Velier & Scheer Clarendon Wedderburn Tropical Aging MMW

Bottled by Velier and Scheer, this 11 Year Old Clarendon carries the MMW mark and the Wedderburn ester band, a fuller, fruity, funky recipe from a workhorse Jamaican supplier. This is the tropically aged half of the project, matured in Caribbean heat, which gives it deeper colour and more concentration than a continental cask of the same age.

This is Jamaican pot still at full intensity. Citrus, dried fruit and herbal mint sit against polish, esters and a peppery, woody backbone, finishing bitter, dry and leathery at a blistering 69.1%. Matured in Ex-Bourbon oak and bottled unsweetened at cask strength, it runs hot and needs real aeration, a splash of water and full attention to open. One for drinkers chasing tropical aged Clarendon power who appreciate a dry, woody, demanding pour.