Taster

Nose: A close relation to the Founder's Reserve, with extra vanilla and honey plus the subtlest of Oloroso influences. Delicate for its age.

Palate: Sweet and honeyed with intense malt meeting the soft peat and controlled sherry fruitiness.

Finish: Smoky and a little spicy with a bigger vanilla tang.

Comment: A more intense malt than the Founder's Reserve. Despite its finesse, it is just shaded in regard to all-round complexity. Still nothing short of glorious.

Score: 9

Taster

Nose: Sherry and orange skins.

Palate: Beautifully combined mellow flavours: nutty, sweet, sherry, very orangy fruitiness, heather, cinnamon spiciness.

Finish: Long, tingling. Very warming.

Comment: Yet richer, and fruitier.

Score: 9