ABV: 57.0 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is peaty and sweet. At first there’s an ashy peatiness with floral character. It’s quite powerful from the start. Underneath lies a different, moist peatiness together with heather honey and vanilla. The background consists of a rather rowdy and gritty complexity. It feels a bit younger than its age statement with a fresh and vibrant character. Notes of liquorice and tar floats around within as well. This is a great nose. It’s missing some telltale signs of age though.

Mouth: It starts out with the ashy peat with the same floral notes found on the nose. Soon after the spicyness rushes in at full speed. The moist peatiness then arrives together with a peachy kind of fresh fruitiness and the gritty, ripe notes to create a nice backbone. It still feels fresh and vibrant but now there are notes of dust and old oak furniture coming through. The floral notes becomes heathery as it mixes with vanilla, a slight bitterness and a malty note.

Finish: The spicyness towers through the tranisiton and it’s very powerful. When it settles there are lemons and violets in the back together with a bitterness. The center part fills with notes of age and wet peat. It doesn’t take long before a grey, slightly nutty, oakiness start to come through. The late finish is filled with oak and floral notes and it takes a long time before everything dies down. This is a great whisky with a really interesting character. It’s not without its faults though.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in a single ex-bourbon barrel. The cask no. is 71. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.

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