ABV: 46 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 3/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a big and bold vanilla and red fresh berries. When it settles everything becomes more ripe and the whole becomes a lot darker. There’s a fresh oakiness within which is noticable almost from the get-go. A hint of tobacco and raisins with a fresh top note of raspberries finds its way into th pushing out the oakiness towards the edges. Butterscotch can be found deep within as well. This is a very good nose. The fresh oakiness seems a bit out of place and the whole thing seems a bit engineered.

Mouth: It starts out with the oakiness on the edges demanding a big part of the palate. The center part slowly becomes dark ripe raisins and overripe plums with a bitter dark chocolate in the back. There’s a speck of dust on top and a mix of butterscotch and tobacco within, but everything is obscured by the new fresh oakiness which makes the experience utterly unbalanced at this point. A black pepper spicyness comes for those who wait.

Finish: The finish starts out dry and full of new oak. The peppery spicy note mixes with the oak spices and increases in intensity. The bitter dark chocolate and the ripe fruits reappears for a short while but they can’t compete with the oakiness. The late part of the finish is just like chewing on an oak plank with a bit of dark chocolate smeared on it. This is a good whisky. It’s way over-oaked which makes it unbalanced and a bit boring though. It’s a pity because the other flavours are really nice.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in a mix of ex-PX/ex-Oloroso sherry casks and a small amount of red wine barriques and virgin oak casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.

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