Taster

Nose: Box of over-ripe fruit left in a coal bunker.

Palate: Boiled lemon candy sweets then a savoury hit of smoke and spice.Earthy.

Finish: Sweet and pleasant,with traces of smoke.

Comment: A delicatessen whisky which quietly earns your respect.

Score: 6.7

Taster

Nose: Beautiful solventy notes of paint box and turpentine;also aniseed boiled sweets and a lady's fur coat on a\rmahogany cabinet. Morphing into porridge with honey;toffee later.

Palate: Syrupy,mouth-filling,warming,fruit punch,chocolate,hint of mint.

Finish: Smooth dark chocolate with a late spicy kiss.

Comment: Warm, cosy, wrap-around dram.

Score: 7.8