ABV: 43 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and peaty. At first there’s a honey and vanilla sweetness surrounded by sweet red fruits, coconut and a mild peat. After a while the different parts start to merge and becomes very rich and three dimensional. The peatiness has a seaside character which balances out the otherwise overly sweet cask maturation. Raspberries give a freshness on top, the center part is vanilla, honey and comes through as fudge. There’s white chocolate note as well. This is a very good nose. It lacks notes of age and comes through as way to simple for its age.

Mouth: It starts out with black pepper and fudge center with a peatiness which is a lot more potent than on the nose. There’s dark chocolate, tobacco and overripe fruits. It’s not as rich, but it comes through as more complex in taste. There’s a hint of oak in the back and a dusty note on top. The sweetness is in there, but everything feels more balanced at this point. The fresh red berries are gone. There’s a small hint of oranges and some sort of roasted malt.

Finish: The transition is gentle and just seems to increase the existing flavours. It does add a bit more acidity to the mix which refreshes the palate. The peatiness is coating the palate while the dark chocolate and the dark fruits slowly give room for the oak to shine through. It’s a nice oakiness which brings some dust, tobacco and coconut with it. The late finish does have a slightly weird flowery note lingering which doesn’t give it the best send-off. This is a great whisky overall though with a nice array of flavours to discover.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels and first-fill ex-sherry casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.

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