Taster

Nose: Cinnamon, pepper, ginger, and bright tropical fruits, with slightly savoury spice notes.

Palate: Big zesty fruits, lively oak, vanilla, mango and more ginger. Finally a hint of coal tar.

Finish: Long, spicy, and ultimately mildly metallic.

Comment: Intriguing combination of aromas and flavours. Good to see a producer introducing a whisky with such an advanced age statement into Travel Retail.

Score: 8.6

Taster

Nose: Meaty Bovril-like aromas on the nose; some cereal notes too along with the faintest trace of sulphur.

Palate: Intensely honeyed flavour is the key character here, but also cigar smoke, oak spice and even chilli.

Finish: Dry, very long and quite fiery.

Comment: A quirky whisky, which surprises at every turn. It grows on you and a drop of water tones down its curry-like heat and reveals depth and complexity.

Score: 8.6