The Story

A little over ten years ago ————- started a scheme to help finance growth of his fledgling whisky company ————-. It is possible in those early days that ————- intentions were good but it wasn’t long before ————-, given a big endorsement by Whisky Bible author Jim Murray, was in financial trouble and ————- was selling empty barrels and stealing from other barrels to bottle and sell.

Fast forward a little and those investors left with the remnant of the failure were stuck between a rock and a hard place due to ————- refusal to fulfil ————- contracts in place with investors.

Enter Peter Bignell of Belgrove Rye Whisky fame and his hastily formed consortium. Peter, a gentleman if ever there was one, felt the pain of the ————- investors and put together a rescue deal to purchase the barrels and set out to blend and bottle the whisky that almost never saw the light of day.

Black Spot #2 - 100% Apera 500mL 45.2 ABV

$189.00

Aromas of brandy-soaked plum pudding, toasted marshmallows, burnt fig ice cream and candied grapefruit are found on the nose that draws you into a rich and decadent palate with flavours of brown sugar, plum jam and the brandy-soaked plum pudding carrying through to a long sweet finish.