Taster

Nose: Another of those pink whiskies, yet it smells of iodine, tar and fish oil. Water brings out peat-smoked apricots. In time there's raspberry leaf and Spangles scattered over a stony beach. Weirdly interesting.

Palate: The smoke hits immediately, then some light but concentrated fruitiness. Still very tense and dry.

Finish: Wood and peat smoke. Singed wool.

Comment: Austere, pretty challenging. Finished, I suspect, to inject some fruity life into its dry bones.

Score: 7.8

Taster

Nose: A kitchen garden. Floral, herbal. Jasmine. Chervil. A garden after a summer shower. Juicy grapefruit pulp. Shellfish, smoked haddock. Tar.

Palate: Light and appetising. Sweet cherries. A much fruitier version than usual. Smoke is less distinct than on the nose. Distant seaweed notes.

Finish: Tangy. Sherbety. A fruity note.

Comment: Typical fragrant, alert Port Ellen, but the port finish lends more fruit and an amazing orangey-pinkish colour.

Score: 8.8