Taster

Nose: Gooseberry,grape,tingling pineapple, very clean.

Palate: Oily,rich sweet and full,with intense fruitness and a firm peaty underlay.

Finish: Lovely with the sweet summer fruits giving way to some tannins late on.

Comment: A surprising flavour for this distillery, but good to see the Society's standards aren't slipping.

Score: 7.9

Taster

Nose: Perfumy. Cedar,fading rose,cloved orange. Like opening granny's wardrobe Marzipan. Keeps an enticing freshness. Elegant and complex.

Palate: Silky,caressing. Oak is perfectly integrated. Exotic fruit. Guava juice\rwith a touch of mango. Water brings the cedar note forward.

Finish: Lingering,spicy. Marzipan in the back.

Comment: Tastes old.Superb. Refined and complex. Still so lively and fresh. Hard\rto leave...

Score: 8.9