ABV: 50 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
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Additional information
This whisky was aged in a mix of ex-Oloroso and ex-PX casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highland
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a sweet and nutty fudge note with a mix of dried fruits. There’s a fresh lemon sourness surrounding everything and the contrasts works well together. When it settles in the glass there’s a speck of dust on old wood, cinnamon and a hint of ginger coming through. There are raisins, dried apples and vanilla as well. This is a great nose which really reflects the age statement and offers a lot of nuance.
Mouth: It starts out with the toffee, but it’s now leaning more towards butterscotch though. The flavour profile is a lot darker than on the nose with dark raisins, dark chocolate and coffee. It’s very mild but still very flavourful. A gentle black pepper spicyness spreads out over the palate. The lemon notes are pushed towards the back together with the dusty oakiness. There’s a complexity to it and there are small dried fruit notes floating around, as well as ginger and heather.
Finish: The transition is mellow and a fresh fruitiness, as well as the lemon sourness, increases for a second or two. It then returns to the dark profile with the coffee, dark chocolate and dark dried fruits. The oakiness soon arrives and it’s a nutty and dusty oak, but it still retains a slightly fresher side. In the late finish there’s a hint of ginger coming back, but otherwise it’s mainly a very elegant old oak finish mixed with some newer oak. This is a great whisky with a lot of great flavours on offer. It lacks a bit of power but makes up for it with a nice and balanced flavour profile.
Additional information
This whisky was first aged in a mix of first fill, refill, and recharred ex-bourbon barrels and then finished for 6 months in first fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks.
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ABV: 46.3 %
Origin: Highland
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and sour. At first there’s a mix of honey and malt with a minty overlay. As it settles in the glass vanilla and lemon start to take over. There’s a hint of coconut in the center. It feels very clean and well made. It’s a simple profile but it does its job competently. This is a good nose overall with easily distinguishable parts, but it becomes slightly boring for the explorer.
Mouth: It starts out with a mild peppery spicyness surrounding a sweet honey note in the center. After a few seconds the lemon sourness arrive in the back together with a bitter, nutty note. The maltiness is still in there and there’s a sweet liquorice and a hint of salt as well. It’s a bit more complex in taste which makes it quite interesting.
Finish: The peppery spicyness floats out over the palate and the clean distillate shines through for a second or two. The bitterness returns in the back and the lemon note does so as well, yet muted. There’s a slight grassy note floating around, and maybe a hint of ginger and toffee as well. When the oak comes it brings back the coconut as well as the nuttiness. It’s a nice oakiness and a nice lingering finish. This is a great whisky. The journey starts simple but enda a lot more interesting.
Additional information
This whisky was aged in ex-bourbon barrels the whole aging period. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 5/5
Tasting notes
Nose: A row of old and dusty leather books and a dense, thick fruitiness are the main focal points. There’s black liquorice, raisins and a mix of red ripe fruits and berries. The sherry cask influence is strong, but there’s vanilla and honey notes coming through from the bourbon barrels used. It’s not overly sweet and the differences complement each other very well.
Mouth: The sweet and spicy arrival comes with a base of black coffee bitterness. The old leather books is still present and the oak arrives after a few seconds. It’s very dusty and the astringency increases with every sip. There’s still a black liquorice note but the vanilla and honey has disappeared and the dark fruits have taken a step back.
Finish: It’s still pleasantly spicy and the musty dark fruit notes (raisins and now also almost molten plums) come forward. It’s still very dusty and the leather note is still present and creates a red thread throughout. The oakiness comes with black coffee and walnuts. It’s like old and grey, weathered wood planks. The astringency increases, and in the tail end of a very long finish it switches over and releases an assorted tropical fruit note. It really shows it’s age all the way through.
Additional information
This was distilled at the Knockdu distillery in 1992 and aged in a combination of ex-bourbon barrels and ex-sherry casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 5
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is fresh and fruity with a big basket of pears and green apples. Behind the fruits notes of vanilla and honey creates a laid back sweetness. It feels a bit shallow and the distillate comes through as young and with a tiny hint of cardboard. It’s becomes more dense and sweet with time in the glass. It’s easy on the nose but comes off as a bit uninteresting.
Mouth: It’s a bit watery at first, but then it’s becomes quite spicy together with pears, green apples and a hint of watermelon. It’s very bitter at first, but with time it becomes more malty and sweet. The vanilla has disappeared but the honey is still found in the back together with a speck of dust. It’s a tiny bit unpleasant and a little bit dry, even though the oakiness is nowhere to be found yet.
Finish: A savory note comes through together with a very immidiate oakiness. The fruitiness is now turning towards assorted tropical fruits with pineapples as the main feature. It’s dry and astringent and the unpleasant bitterness is still in there. When the bitterness finally subsides the oak and tropical fruits stay for a very nice and tasty finish. This is a good entry level single malt.
Additional information
The Loch Lomond Original is the distillery’s entry level malt in core range. There’s no information on the maturation length or the specific cask type, other than it’s aged in american oak.
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ABV: 46.3 %
Origin: Highland
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 5/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first theres’s a big honey, vanilla and baked red apples mix. When it starts to settle there are notes of ginger and cinnamon added. An old, slightly dusty oakiness floats around in the back. With time it becomes slightly malty and a fresh tropical fruitiness gets added to the mix. It’s has a peppery top note which gives it a nice touch. This is a fantastic nose with a great mix of sensations.
Mouth: It starts out with a lemony background and a dusty maltiness in the middle. There are ginger, honey, vanilla, pipe tobacco and almonds in the center. It shows its age immidiatly with the dusty character and an old oakiness gently sprinkled within. There are still baked apples and cinnamon and a mild tropical fruitiness. It still delivers a nice peppery spicyness which never become unpleasant but still gives it a really nice sense of power. It feels rich and has an oily texture adding to the experience.
Finish: The tranision is logical and the spicyness remain constant. The lemon in the back are also retaining the same level of intensity throughout the early finish. All the main flavours gently fade in the center and the old dusty oakiness, which seems to be mixed with a newer oak, slowly take over coming from the back moving forwards. It’s a really pleasant oakiness with a mix of old and new. It becomes slightly astringent after a while. This is an amazing whisky with an extremely well thoughout balance and character. It’s very easy to sip, yet has a lot to explore. The perfect mix.
Additional information
This whisky was first aged in hogsheads and then finished in first fill ex-bourbon barrels. It’s unchillfiltered.
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ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
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This whisky is aged in ex-Oloroso and PX sherry casks and finished in ex-port pipes from Duoro valley in Portugal. It has natural colour.
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ABV: 48 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
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This whisky is aged in ex-Oloroso and PX sherry casks and ex-port pipes. It has natural colour.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
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This whisky was aged for in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished in ex-madeira casks . It’s a travel exclusive release.
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ABV: 49.1 %
Origin: Highland
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 mineral rich peatiness sitting in the center with a soft coating of red, ripe berries. Vanilla, honey and a hint of ginger are also found within. When it settles roasted almonds, chalk and sweet liquorice are added to the mix as well as a fresher lemony fruitiness. Time in the glass makes this a very complex experience. This is a great nose with a lot to offer to those who are patient.
Mouth: It starts out with a dusty and sweet center with an outside layer of assorted dry and fresh berries and lemon. It’s quite dry. There’s a note of leather and tobacco in the center as well as a funky background note coming from the peat. The sweet liquorice resides on the outside and covers the palate together with the honey and vanilla. There’s a lot of complexity within which makes it very fun and interesting at this point.
Finish: The transisiton sees black pepper and sweet liquorice increasing in intensity. The lemon note is in the back and the dusty layer comes through in the center together with the ripe fruits and the leather note. After a few seconds there’s an oakiness arriving which really feels misplaced due to it’s new oak character. Everything else feels balanced, ripe and well made, but the oak character feels wrong and too pronounced. The late finish is all about that oakiness with a background note of ripe and sweet red berries. This is a very good whisky which has a slightly disappointing finish.
Additional information
This whisky was aged for 12 years in a mix of ex-bourbon barrels, ex-sherry and ex-port casks.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 2
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is fresh and fruity. There are Raspberries, kiwi fruits and green apples. Behind the fruitiness there’s a nice speck of dust and a dollop of vanilla cream. There’s a hint of nail polish remover on top. A touch of marzipan comes through after a while. It’s a quite pleasant nose.
Mouth: The first aquaintance is mild and dusty. The taste is not as fruity as the nose suggests and the fruitiness is now more like baked red apples. It’s vanilla forward with toffee notes added, and they move forward together as time passes in the glass. There’s a nice peppery layer somewhere in the middle. It’s astringent and there’s a clear bitterness sitting with the oak in the background waiting to burst through.
Finish: The fruitiness changes again. It’s now leaning towards darker fruits together with some peaches. The oak is dominant and quite astringent. It’s very bitter and there are espresso and pure cocoa powder notes within. The oakiness feels very fresh and strong. As a nice surprise some assorted tropical fruits arrive late and when they do, they really take over the tail end of the finish. This is a nice composition as a whole.
Additional information
Aberfeldy is one of the main components in Dewar’s Blended Scotch. The 12 YO is matured in american ex-bourbon barrels and ex-sherry casks.
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ABV: 48 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a thick honey and vanilla sweetness. Close behind are a layer of bright and juicy fruits. There’s also heather and toffee creating a nice background together with a peppermint freshness. It feels very there-dimensional and textured. With time in the glass the sweetness mellows out and it becomes more balanced overall. This is a very nice and balanced nose with small nuances to discover.
Mouth: It starts out very sweet and malty. There’s a big surge of ABV spicyness pushing through slowly from the get-go. A very pleasant fruitiness with peaches and lemon comes through from behind and there’s a slight bitterness in the background which is attached to a dry oakiness. Over time everything seem to merge into one big mass with sweet, sour and bitter extensions. It even has a salty overtone to it. This is really playing to a lot of different senses.
Finish: It starts out with another ABV spicyness surge but it’s less powerful than the initial one. The first thing to come through is a big basket of peaches. The salty overtones remain as well. it’s less sweet and bitter than in the mouth and the peaches remain the main focal point throughout the finish. The honey and vanilla notes are residing on the edges. With time a nice but somewhat anonymous oakiness fills the background and that supports the fruitiness and creates an extra dimension. This is a great whisky which has a lot to offer, both in smell, taste and sensations.
Additional information
This is a part of Glenallachie’s Wood Finish Series. It’s aged for over 9 years in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished in ex-Moscatel casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 3
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and malty. At first there’s a very clean and simple sweetness with a mild vanilla and honey tone mixed with a slightly sour maltiness. It’s very laid back and never really pops out of the glass. When it settles there’s a lemony freshness on top of a very balanced center with the sweetness and a hint of liquorice. This is a good nose. It lacks power and complexity but comes through as very deliberate in its simple profile.
Mouth: It starts out with a honey sweetness and a very clear maltiness. A sweet and sour character quickly forms and it feels logical in comparison to the nose. It’s still fresh and simple and, even though it’s a bit too mild, it has a gentle spicyness spreading out over the palate. The sour notes is stronger in the back and the sweetness occupies the front, but they come together nicely in the center.
Finish: The transition is mild and the spicyness keeps on spreading throughout the palate. It’s still a mild experience through. The mix of sweet and sour becomes even more integrated and when a nice, gentle oakiness arrives out on the edges, it seems to match the other flavours balance wise. The oakiness is a mix of dried old grey oak and slightly younger oak, but they mix well and never becomes too oaky. There’s a slight hazelnut note coming through as well. The honey and liquorice notes follow along throughout the finish. This is a very good whisky. It lacks power and complexity but feels well made, clean and made with thought.
Additional information
This is the base for Glenmorangie’s core range. It’s aged in first and second fill american ex-bourbon barrels. It’s distilled in the highest stills in Scotland, which makes it a very refined whisky.
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ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a rounded sweetness and a ripe and nutty red fruitiness. Underneath there’s a fresher background with a lemon freshness. When it starts to settle vanilla and honey joins the sweetness, but the ruoe fruits shifts towards a fresher red berry fruitiness which creates a nice balance. There are notes of ginger and cinnamon floating around as well. This is a nice nose. It’s very approachable and everything is easy to access.
Mouth: It starts out with a nice spicyness and a sweet rounded center. It takes a while for it to evolve, and first out is a nutty side note with mainly hazelnuts. It clmes through with a speck of dust attached to it. After that comes the ripe red berries, vanilla and just a small hint of coffee. It’s very front heavy in the mouth. The background has a small lemon note and an umami savory note. The vanilla increases in intensity over time.
Finish: The tranisiton is very linear and the spicyness maintains a nice level. When it settles the nuttiness increases in intensity and comes through with a note of an old cellar and an oakiness. The ripe berries are still in there as well as the lemon note in the back, which increases over time. The late finish is all about the nutty, dusty oakiness, which is a very good way to end. This is a great whisky. It has a lot to offer flavour wise. It feels a bit front heavy, but it’s not a big issue.
Additional information
This whisky was aged in ex-Oloroso sherry casks for the full maturation. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 3
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is fruity and floral. At first there’s a big bucket of pears and green apples with honey, butterscotch and a speck of dust. There’s a hint of play-doh as well. After a while a vanilla sweetness takes front stage. There are some herbs in the back which creates a nice contrast to the otherwise sweet and fruity character. This is a great nose, yet it could do with a bit more power.
Mouth: It starts out surprisingly big flavour wise. It’s slightly dusty with the malt coming forward and the fruits switching over to ripe red apples and apple juice with a very floral overtone. The oak is there which is coming through as old and grey, but not dead and bitter. It’s very mild and dessert-like at this point with vanilla, honey up front and a black coffee side note.
Finish: The transition is mild and there’s a mellow spicyness rolling out over the palate. It’s still dusty and the ripe fruits soon get overtaken by the oak notes which brings the fresh fruitiness back. There are notes of hazelnuts, peaches and coffee in the late finish. This is a great whisky which overcomes its low ABV very well. It’s easy to access and very approachable.
Additional information
This whisky is made at the Knockdhu distillery. It’s matured in 2nd fill american ex-bourbon barrels and 2nd fill spanish ex-sherry butts. Generally, it’s made by the ratio of 8 barrels to 2 sherry butts.
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ABV: 43 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 2/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is fruity and malty. At first there’s a mix of bright, fresh fruits, ginger and vanilla. It’s young and a bit spirity, but not in an intrusive way. When it settles there are honey and baking spices added to the mix. There’s a lemony top note mixed with a hint of oak forming as well. This is a good nose. It’s straight forward, easy to access and simple, yet not boring.
Mouth: It starts out with a center part consisting of vanilla, honey and malt while there’s a fresh apple note on top. It’s quite spirity and a bitter note soon forms in the background while the apples are joined by a whole fruit basket with assorted fresh fruits. There’s a liquorice and oak layer forming on the sides and it somewhat doesn’t match the rest of the flavours. Everything feels a bit disorganised and unbalanced at this point.
Finish: A gentle spicyness spreads out over the palate and first out is a dry new oak and the bitter note in the back. The oak revives the fruit basket and when the oak and the, now quite harsh, distillate starts to fade there’s a fruity and floral finish. Vanilla and sweet liquorice are following along as well as the ginger note. This is a decent whisky which has some really nice flavours within, but it’s too spirity and unbalanced overall.
Additional information
The Legacy was relaunched in 2016 as the entry level in Tomatin’s core range. It’s been aged in a combination of american ex-bourbon oak barrels and virgin oak casks for an undisclosed amount of time.
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ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a big vanilla sweetness up front and honey and butterscotch underneath. The sweetness is intertwined with a dark fruitiness consisting of raisins and overripe plums. The darker notes get mixed with dark chocolate as well. It feels slightly top heavy, but it still has some nice things underneath to discover like a malty richness and baked apples. There’s a small gritty note in there as too. This is a great nose with a lot of small things to discover.
Mouth: It starts out a bit fresher and more powerful than on the nose. First out is dark chocolate and raisins soon followed by lemon zest in the back. The apples are now fresher as well. Underneath there’s a small rubbery gritty note which adds to the complexity and creates depth to the experience. The oakiness is present around the edges and after a while the whole becomes very peppery and slightly astringent.
Finish: The transition is logical and the spicyness spreads out over the palate. The gritty notes, the dark chocolate and the ripe fruits come back for a second or two before they get pushed back by the oakiness. The zesty notes and the apples are still in there, but they also get demoted by the oak. It’s a fresh woodshop oakiness. It’s astringent and really doesn’t suit the dram at all. This is a great whisky with a slightly disappointing ending.
Additional information
This is whisky aged for the entire maturation period in first fill ex-bourbon barrels mixed with whisky which are finished in first fill ex-sherry casks. 17550 bottles were made for this release.
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ABV: 43 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is fruity and dry. At first there’s a mix of fresh and ripe fruits mixed with sweet honey. There are overripe dark fruits and liqeuer-soaked cherries, but after a few seconds the fruitiness becomes a bit brighter and some peaches and grapes start to come through together with vanilla. The background notes are somewhat medicinal and mineral rich. This is a very good nose with a nice array of things to discover.
Mouth: It starts out with somewhat spicy and quite medicinal. It’s dry and a big coffee and dark chocolate bitterness fills the background. There’s still a minerality within and the fruitiness is now all about the dark overripe fruits. The bitterness is dominating the palate and it feels a bit overwhelming after a while.
Finish: An initial dusty honey and vanilla note pass by quickly and leaves room for the bitter notes and a quite plain oakiness. It’s very dry and slightly astringent. The fruitiness is almost entirely gone and the finish is all about coffee, oak and dark chocolate. The medicinal side of it remain all through the finish though, and in the late finish there’s a tiny smoky and sulfury note residing behind everything else. This is a very good whisky with a complex but slightly unbalanced profile.
Additional information
This Distiller’s Edition is aged in american ex-bourbon barrels and then finished for at least 6 months in european ex-Montilla Fino sherry casks.
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ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highland
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
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Additional information
This is one out of three expressions in the Glenmorangie ”extra matured” series. It’s aged 10 years in ex-bourbon casks and finished for 4 years in ruby port pipes. This replaced the 12 YO.
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ABV: 43 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a vanilla and red apple center part with baking spices sprinkled on top. There’s honey and a slightly funky maltiness as well. It feels slightly young and spirity, but that isn’t overpowering the character as a whole. With time in the glass the sherry notes start to take up more space with ripe and dried darker fruits and berries. It feels like a hint of peat is in there as well but it might be a tobacco note from the sherry. It feels decently balanced overall. This is a nice nose. It lacks a bit of complexity and age, but it’s pleasant enough.
Mouth: It starts out slightly flat with a spirit driven frontside and a bitterness in the background as a starting point. It does increase in intensity a bit and there are notes of caramel, cocnut and vanilla coming through. It feels a bit boring at this point but the tobacco note and the funky malt do arrive and make it somewhat better. The fruitiness is almost hiding far back and the baking spices, although detectable, doesn’t bring much to the table.
Finish: The transition is logical and just a continuation from the mouth. There’s an immidiate wood spicyness spreading out and it doesn’t give much of the other flavours any chance to follow along down the finish. The bitter note, maybe dark chocolate, do follow as well as a small hint of the dark fruits, but the main event is a very aromatic and sawdusty oakiness. There’s some bad refill casks involved as well it seems. This is a decent whisky, but it lacks power, complexity and depth to be great.
Additional information
This whisky was aged in a mix of ex-bourbon barrels and sherry seasoned european and american oak casks. The bottle tested is from batch 3.
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