Taster

Nose: Very aromatic, with a hint of cloves and apples. Tannin.

Palate: Toffee, apples and oak.

Finish: Long, with hints of peat, grass and leaves. Resiny, peppery.

Comment: Firmer and more assertive.

Score: 7.5

Taster

Nose: Big and massively complex. Healthy honey glow weaves in and out of the trademark Glen Moray malt intensity, weighted by a dash of peat. The wineyness is restricted to a fruit cocktail of apple and sultana.

Palate: Sublime mouthfeel: slightly oily and wonderfully lush. Sweet malt and lighter grapey notes go hand-in-hand at the start, though the middle sees the malt intensify.

Finish: Lovely coffee and vanilla mix with a drying oakiness fitting a 16 Years Old. Dries impressively.

Comment: Wow. This is not how Glen Moray used to be. A dram just brimming with complexity and threatening to explode.

Score: 8.5