ABV: 46 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 2/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and oaky. At first there’s a malty, young center with honey and vanilla. On the outside there’s a fresh oakiness and a fruitiness as well and it’s mainly red apples. When it settles there are mixed baking and wood spices coming through and the oak and the vanilla join forces and becomes a strong note as an outside layer. That’s basically it. There’s no complexity nor depth. This is a decent nose though. It’s a bit too oaky to be balanced.

Mouth: It starts out with a spicy kick and vanilla before moving on to a funky maltiness, which isn’t the greatest addition. There are honey and oak and as time passes the oakiness grows stronger and takes over. There are zesty notes in the back and a tiny apple note too. It almost feels a bit hot and it really lacks elegance. The wood note is almost more like cedar wood than oak at this point.

Finish: The transition is quite logical and everything carries over seamlessly. The funky maltiness disappears fairly quickly but the spicyness remain. It doesn’t take long before it’s a mix of honey, vanilla and new oak remaining. There’s a weird soapy note suddenly appearing in the late finish which certainly doesn’t belong there. This is a weird whisky. It’s young, way too oaky and simple. It still drinks fairly okey though.

Additional information
This travel retail exclusive was aged in a mix of ex-bourbon barrels and quarter casks. It has natural colour.

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