Tastes

Nose of berries and cream and apple, as well as notes of salinity and grass. In the mouth, starts sweet and fruity and honeyed, with a little pepper on the tongue and some light peat and smoke. Soft, thin aftertaste of medium length, fading into more apple and honey at the end. A nice light and fruity Speyside.

Caramel, vanilla, oak and spice on the nose. On the palate the vanilla and spice dominate with pepper on the tongue and cinnamon in the back of the mouth , into a long finish that introduces chocolate undertones. Great stuff!

Vanilla, oak and raisiny sweet vermouth on the nose, with lots of cinnamon and nutmeg spice. On the palate, the vanilla and spice hit first, fading into a long finish where the sherried stone fruit notes come to the fire, along with some raisin. Very smooth due to the age but also likely the lower proof (80). Very nice stuff for the price, especially when compared to Scotch!

Nose of vanilla, strawberry and grass. Reminds me of spring. On the palate the vanilla remains strong, with oak, cinnamon and nutmeg undertones with a hint of peat present. The finish is medium length and sweet, with sherry notes of stone fruit but a suggestion of strawberry/raspberry. A light bodied but flavorful whisky.

Nose is sherry dominated, with a lot of vanilla notes and faint pepper. In the mouth lots of vanilla, some spice (pepper at the fore, with some cinnamon) and a hint of saline smoke, with very little burn. The sherry returns in the long finish, which develops plum and stone fruit notes as time goes on. It reminds me of a high end high rye bourbon, but much less sweet (a good thing). Really great stuff - but different from the 12!

Nose of smoke, pepper, and iodine, with raisiny sherry undertones and a touch of hay and grass. Pepper and iodine right up front on the palate, with a honeyed sweetness right behind it fading into iodine and charred wood. Long finish with the iodine and sweetness lingering, and a salty tone. This finish sticks with you a while and makes you think of sitting by the fire on a winter's night...

Peat, brine, and a little smoke on the nose, with hints of grass and hay. On the palate peat and iodine right off, with a honey sweetness and brine following with some pepper heat in a long warming finish. There's a little canned peach that lingers afterward with the honey and salt. Great stuff.

Oak and spice on the nose, with a fruity strawberry hint. Thin body, oak and pepper noticeable on the palate, with some peaches and cream and sherry sweetness and a little of that strawberry. Black pepper shows up in the medium finish, along with lingering stone fruit. Very smooth and little alcohol burn - as expected for a 15 year age.

Peaches and plums like crazy in the nose, with a hint of chocolate and vanilla. Cake like aroma. Lots of chocolate in the palate, with more stone fruit flavors and raisins. Small alcohol burn for the age. Long finish with a ton of chocolate and additional peach and vanilla, with the oak showing up as well. Great stuff.