Taster

Nose: Fragrant. Tobacco. Floral. Juniper. Some seaweed.

Palate: Sweet, seaweed, juniper, Guinea pepper. Drying.

Finish: Stalky. Late surge of flowery, peppery, dryness. Very Long.

Comment: An excellent example of Caol Illa, a highly distinctive malt that is gaining in recognition.

Score: 8.3

Taster

Nose: Pulsating peat, hint of lavender and mint. Some vanilla sweetens it with the malt.

Palate: Rich, oily, fat, chewy and then peaty malt that is almost perfectly sweet and clean.

Finish: Multi-layered with the peat forming the mighty base and then some supremely toasty malt notes arrive.

Comment: This is a very high quality, complex version of an underestimated malt at an optimum age. Fabulous!

Score: 9