Taster

Nose: Crushed leaves and apricot: an unusual, lively combination but dulled by some vanilla.

Palate: Lively on the palate with an intensely sweet maltiness pitted against some starker, spicier oaky notes. First-rate balance.

Finish: The bitter-sweet style plays out a long finale with some hints of java coffee creeping in.

Comment: An easy-going and well preserved oldie with reasonable complexity.

Score: 7.8

Taster

Nose: A suggestion of sherry. Buttercup-like. Very faint peat.

Palate: Fresh, flowers, oily, nutty. A hint of vanilla lightly clean maltiness.

Finish: Fragrant. Just a hint of smoke.

Comment: Remarkably scenty. Very clean indeed. Delicate for my tastes but if you like an elegant malt.....

Score: 7.8