Taster

Nose: Very flowery indeed. Pollen. Dark liquid honey-very distinct.

Palate: Very creamy. Flowery, fruity, sherryish.

Finish: Touch of true Chablis stoneyness and dryness.

Comment: Perilously easy to drink. The whisky world's answer to a New World Chardonnay.

Score: 7.8

Taster

Nose: Full, fat and fabulously fruity. Slightly unripe pears mingle deliciously with oak and custard.

Palate: Busy arrival on palate: early oak-induced spice tempered by a big demerara-sweet middle.

Finish: Pretty long with that intense barley lingering on with a tinge of oak and molassed raisins.

Comment: The most stylish, complex and hearty of drams which only underlines the tragedy in the demise of this fine distillery.

Score: 8.8