ABV: 40 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 2/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is young and sweet. At first there’s a sweetness consisting of vanilla, malt and honey mixed with sweet red berries. There’s a tiny amount of marzipan as well. On top there’s a young spirity overtone and underneath there’s a fresher layer with
green apples, lemon and a hint of oak. With time everything becomes more sour and cinnmon arrives. At this point it feels decently balanced. The young note on top doesn’t disappear though, and pulls everything down quite a bit. This is a decent nose for a budget whisky.

Mouth: It starts out very flat and the first thing arriving is a quite harsh and young distillate together with a generic sweetness. There are red berries and lemon sitting on the edges of the palate but they doesn’t seem to penetrate the center. There’s a coffee bitterness and a hint of dark chocolate forming in the back. The oakiness is present as well which makes everything slightly astringent. The fruitiness moves back and ripen over time.

Finish: There’s a nice and mellow spicyness spreading out over the palate and the fresh apple fruitiness really shines through before the harshness of the distillate once again takes over. When that note finally resides there’s a mix of dry oak, coffee bitterness and dark cocolate left. The longer down the finish it goes, the more everything becomes a dry, bitter oakiness and the late finish isn’t all that great. This is a so-and-so whisky, but the cask finish does help it along.

Additional information
This whisky was first aged in american oak ex-bourbon barrels and then finished in Tempranillo red wine casks. There’s no information om the aging time.

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