Taster

Nose: Medium rich. Polished oak, chestnut purée, butter, cake, chocolate chip cookie.

Palate: Very nutty. Hazelnut spread, chestnut. Soft and sweet with dundee cake sweetness towards the back.

Finish: Orange peel. Chocolate.

Comment: Attractive but slightly flabby.

Score: 7.3

Taster

Nose: Lemon peel on a cake.

Palate: Dry, drying. Darjeeling tea. Ginger cake. Restrained. A little lacking in complexity.

Finish: Big, long, lively, gingery, spicy.

Comment: The flavours seem to be held back, then suddenly released. This whisky might have been less inhibited at a younger age.

Score: 7.8