Tastes

Very sweet nose with notes of marzipan, raisin, cherries, and a good touch of vanilla but not too intense on the latter. Good but not a ton of complexity, bourbon outweighing sherry just slightly. Sweet. At first, a slight almost metallic acidity similar to Arran, which leads into a sherried tobacco-leather note, followed by peachy and cherry bourbon notes with powdered sugar sweetness, a slight marmalade note. Need water to open it up - like sweet gasoline without water. Nice sweet finish but not terribly complex. Good, nice intensity and expression but lacking the sherry complexity I would like. Overall not completely worth price but alright scotch. I do like the flavour though, absolutely not bad.

Love it. Very citrusy and honeyed with some spice notes, a big departure from regular Irish whiskey. Still great, awesome finish and despite simplicity it is very well crafted. This one grows on you, as you adjust to how agressive the first few sips can be.

Nice earthy notes, with a fair bit of mint and leather, but the sweetness is a little blunt - think artificial sweetener. Good but not for the price.

Love it. So floral and gently smoky in a heathery way. One of my favorites. Very gentle in aroma, with a subtle honey sweetness, some orange, pear, marzipan, honeydew melon, rose water, ginger, and just a faintness of white pepper. Very elegant and soft, though almost so subtle that it really doesn’t stretch out the full potential of its complexity. Medium sweet, with a generous, though not very specific orchard fruit, caramel, honey, ginger, fig, and a delicate mizunara oak flavour that brings up a slight smokiness in the form of a touch of ash and a smouldering wood aroma. Almonds, oak, nectarine, and a touch of baked pear round it off A very pretty and different whiskey, with beautiful flavours and an elegant finish. Very mouthfilling as well, and incredibly smooth. This, to me, is a whiskey epiphany, as I’ve previously had with Glenmorangie 10 - one of those expressions that just hits everywhere you want it to.

About the best Irish out there. Nose of ripe orchard fruit, vanilla, and bread, with a supple palate of continued fruit, caramel, butter, and and nice finish.

Sweet on the nose, with vanilla, baked apple, honey, and a complex leather and coffee note. Relatively sweet on the palate, with heather notes upfront, along with a whisp of smoke, and continued apple, leather, and tea, with decent tannicity. Beautiful scotch, though the sweetness borders on being syrupy with little balance restraint it. Still good.