Taster

Nose: Salt and oak.

Palate: Vanilla, toffee, oil, salt.

Finish: Dry, gingery, spicy, woody.

Comment: For an allegedly light malt, the flavours sing through but, as the dark colour suggests, there really is too much wood.

Score: 7

Taster

Nose: The Hyde to the Bourbon barrel's Jekyll. The cleanest, deepest sherry aroma you could ever pray for offering subtle spices and delicate malt. To die for.

Palate: Massively chewy with sherry making all the play. The malty background is off-key by comparison but the nutty, plummy fruit-cake tones win through.

Finish: Medium length and massively fruity.

Comment: An immensely drinkable malt that is the alter ego to its sibling cask.

Score: 8