Taster

Nose: Rich, sweet and rounded. Cake mix, malted loaf. In time burnt notes, treacle scone then Worcestershire sauce. Light peat, pecan.

Palate: Dried fruits. Rich fruit cake. Plum. Soft and deep to start then like the nose becomes grippy, charred and tannic.

Finish: Dry. Fruit cake again.

Comment: Good, but lacks a little sweetness.

Score: 7.5

Taster

Nose: Heather and malt, cooked plums; notably sophisticated. Makes you want to keep nosing it.

Palate: Lovely big, malty dram, buttery and sweet, background ginger, with later claret notes creeping in.

Finish: Long, drying, very stylish.

Comment: Large, yet complex. A lovely example of this outstanding Speyside whisky which still has far too low a profile.

Score: 9