ABV: 43 %
Origin: Speyside
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 fresh apples and pears fruitiness with a surrounding of honey, vanilla, baking spices and marzipan. When it starts to settle the sweetness increases and the fruits ripen. Notes of old dusty oak slowly emerges from the back as well as a sour lemon which creates a nice contrast to the sweetness. Everything seems to fit together nicely and there’s a nice balance between the different components. This is a nice nose. It’s very dessert-like and easy to approach.

Mouth: It starts out very mild, vanilla rich and sweet. The fruitiness is still ripe apples and pears. It soon turns astringent and it pulls moisture out of the mouth while a bitterness forms in the back together with a zesty lemon sourness. There’s a lot of cinnamon and wood spices floating around. It’s not as balanced as the nose suggests. Everything becomes a bit perfumey after a while, but the age really comes through overall with a dusty old character.

Finish: The tranisiton comes with a dip in flavour but a nice spicyness spreads out on the palate. When it subsides the whole becomes very fruity and floral with tropical fruits attached to a dusty oakiness and floral, perfumey notes floating above. After a few seconds the lemon zest arrives in the back and follows the fruity oak notes far along the finish. This is a very good whisky with an easy to read palate without being boring. It lacks balance in taste and it could do with a bit more power to give the flavours a push forward.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in american oak ex-bourbon barrels. It’s a travel retail exclusive release.

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