Taster

Nose: Slow and shy at first, takes its time to build, then there’s black cherry ice cream with brandy snap biscuits. Redcurrant jelly with a hint of aromatics there in the background.

Palate: Quite restrained at first then that black cherry flavour comes in, with roast marshmallow and digestive biscuits.

Finish: Like the rest it’s quite gentle and takes its time leaving sweet toffee notes.

Comment: Really just missing a full-on chocolate edge; then you would have s’mores contained in a bottle.

Score: 8.1

Taster

Nose: Super fruity and sherbety, like a bowl of tropical muesli with dried papaya and coconut flakes. There’s a hint of butyric that adds a creamy texture, like vanilla ice cream.

Palate: More fruit, which now moves into concentrated orange juice, citrus peel and raisins, before a big hit of spice and tannic oak. The butyric adds an almost goat milk quality.

Finish: Creamy, though a little sour and dry.

Comment: If a whisky were to evoke memories of eating cheese and pineapple sticks at an ’80s birthday party, this would do it.

Score: 7.6