Nose

Barley sugar. Poppy and sunflower seed-topped bagels. Raw pizza dough and rapeseed oil. A saline minerality, too. A hint of passionfruit purée and vanilla syrup. Straw and sultana.

Palate

Light bodied. Peach fruit-and-barley cordial. A touch of bonfire smoke. Raisin and oatmeal cookies and a little milk chocolate. A hint of ground coriander and fennel seed. Later, cooked apples.

Finish

Long. Grassy and drying, with hints of corn kernel and wood smoke.

Comment

Not what I was expecting from Speyside, but it held my interest.