Taster

Nose: Prune juice,polished wood,very old and dusty. Will it take water? Yes! Squidgy pear and peach.

Palate: Lots of tarttannin,with stewed fruits fighting to save themselves from drowning.

Finish: Very woody,very tanniny,going nowhere fast.

Comment: No balance,too much wood, this whisky has outlived its cask.

Score: 6

Taster

Nose: Oaky. The sherry influence takes the whisky on the dark side. Concentrated wood extract. Walnut. Damp walls. Not the sweet dried fruit that you expect from a sherry maturation.

Palate: Bittersweet. Wood speaks up again. Not much more than this walnut and burnt caramel bitter taste.

Finish: Bitter,spicy.

Comment: Too old? Or too weak a new make to cope with the sherry influence. Or a poor cask ? Disappointing.

Score: 7