ABV: 50.3 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 5/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is dark fruits and peat. At first there’s a mix of peat, heavy dark fruits and some vanilla. Raisins, overripe plums and tobacco dominate the initial impact. A tropical fruitiness comes through after a while and there are mild spices floating around as well. There’s a richness to it and the peat really frames everything in a nice way and sort of lures out the old age notes with some old bookshelves and an old leather chair. This is a great nose with great balance between very pronounced flavours.

Mouth: It starts out with sweet dark fruits and leather while the spicyness increases in intensity. Tropical fruits and tobacco are soon to arrive as well. The whole is a bit dusty and rowdy which accents the other flavours nicely. There’s a dark chocolate bitterness shining through and the peat is still sitting all around the outside of the palate. It feels very balanced and rich with a lot to discover at this point.

Finish: The finish starts with the tropical fruitiness and a nice lemon note in the back while the dark and dusty fruitiness moves out towards the edges. Dark chocolate and old leather get added one more time and the finish goes on for a long time. The oakiness arrives fasionably late. It’s a nice oak with walnuts and grey old oak planks. This is an amazing whisky. It’s powerful yet balanced and has a nice journey throughout.

Additional information
This whisky is first aged in undisclosed casks and then finished in ex-sherry casks. This was released in 2009 for the swedish market and is limited to 4500 bottles. The bottle reviewed is 4460/4500. It’s unchillfiltered.

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