Taster

Nose: Malty and fruity. Muesli. Apples and medlar stewed in a honey syrup. A hint of meadowsweet flowers. Quite fragrant. Butterscotch. Peat in \nthe back.

Palate: Crisp and dry. Sweet cereals with a spicy kick. Crystalised ginger. Tangy. Some creamy fudge in the back.The peat from the nose is faint on \nthe palate.

Finish: Dry and spicy. Slowly soothing on a toffee note.

Comment: An invigorating dram, well balanced. With a pleasant spicy outburst. Water brings out sweetness.

Score: 7.8

Taster

Nose: Oily and dense with manure, earth and a light marzipan note. Whoa! Rubber and manuery-peat assailing the senses! With time a touch of tangerine appears. There’s serious weight to this nose.

Palate: Oily and a little unfocused. A touch of oily marzipan and lazy peat but pretty homogeneous to be honest.

Finish: Long and spicy. It’s showing character! Salty and nutty with some lovely dry, earthy-peat. Leaves a superb sooty mouth coating.

Comment: If only the palate had the intensity of the nose and the finish, which is when it sprang to life!

Score: 7.9