Taster

Nose: Huge sweetness rolls in first, caramel toffees and chocolate-coated raisins, then slowly smoke comes through, the fattiness of smoked bacon and black pepper.

Palate: That bacon and black pepper continues with the umami of tomato sauce. A little chilli prickle and then things start to dry out.

Finish: The salt-tinged smoke holds everything together as fruit and vanilla dry slowly.

Comment: Oh yes… this is fine stuff indeed. Well balanced with a gorgeous smoke profile.

Score: 9.2

Taster

Nose: Delicately smoky with a creamy, milky aroma, like chocolate melting over a bonfire. Lurking in the background are raisins and a faint meatiness.

Palate: Meaty and fruity with more of that mouth-coating creaminess, but it quickly becomes very dry as spice builds into the mid-palate, stirring up a whoosh of smoke with it.

Finish: The smoke whirlwind subsides, settling into barbeque coals and bacon fat with dried fruit and citrus peel too.

Comment: A tornado of a whisky; buckle in for the ride.

Score: 8.5