Taster

Nose: Oloroso, liquorice, rooty, grassy.

Palate: Very sweet, toffeeish start. Honey. Very distinct lemony notes. Long flavour development to peatiness, cut-grass, vanilla and fresh oak.

Finish: Very long. Cut-grass, peat, smoke, oak.

Comment: Beautiful interplay and balance.

Score: 8

Taster

Nose: Soft and honeyed with gentle traces of liquorice and stronger peat emerging through sherry notes.

Palate: Light, honeyed and playfully viscous; leading eventually to more liquorice and peat.

Finish: Disappointingly short. Perhaps over-sherried for such a delicate malt. The peat cuts in sharply to dominate the finish.

Comment: More complex than the 15 Years Old but somehow lacks the balance and lingering charm.

Score: 7