Taster

Nose: Full-on boxes of trail mix and honey flapjacks, oats, apricots, dried pineapple and coconut. A slowly building spice character, honey chilli peanuts.

Palate: Still following the nose with all that cereal creamy goodness, brown sugar and tablet sweetness. Toffee apples and bags of treacle toffee sweets.

Finish: Takes a little time as lots of autumnal notes build with a hint of drying tobacco leaf.

Comment: A delightful whisky full of spice and sweetness. For me, I would hang on to this until Summer is slowly slipping away.

Score: 8.5

Taster

Nose: Fatty and oily with sunflower and pumpkin seeds, but with a dense dried fruit character of sultanas, banana chips and cranberries. There’s a rich spiciness to it too, all cinnamon, clove and muscovado sugar as well.

Palate: It’s nuttier here, and fruitier too, like a densely populated fruitcake topped with glacé cherries, crushed cashews and dried apple pieces.

Finish: Currants and Brazil nuts laced with a delicate spice.

Comment: An enjoyably fruity Highlander, its spice makes it perfect for an Old Fashioned.

Score: 7.9