Reviews

The nose on this whiskey is extraordinary. There’s strawberries and raspberries. There’s rhubarb and creamy custard, marshmallow. There’s a strong coconut and milk chocolate presence. This is a bounty bar in glass. The arrival delivers the same sweet, desert profile with ripe banana and peaches joining the taste party. The finish is long and sweet with gentle wood notes lingering. This is an incredible dram, an absolute work of art. You owe it to yourself to try this if you get the chance.

The cherry wood maturation makes for a unique whisky experience. Thank god for the constraint free rules of Irish whisky maturation. The nose is someone painting a shed full of green apples in a summer meadow. There’s candy floss in the arrival and a spicy wood sap development. The finish is long and sweet. If you’re after something different but approachable, this is the whisky for you.

This is very nice dram, and excellent value for money. The nose is vanilla and cereal with pears, peaches and orange zest. A spicy sweet arrival with ginger, coffee cream and a full oily mouthfeel. The orange returns stronger in the development and the finish, whilst not long, it clean and crisp with lingering notes of wood spice and white pepper.

An enticing nose. Apples, vanilla, honey, dry biscuit and cigarette ash. The arrival is creamy, with sweet ginger and chillis, and a dark fruit and baking spice development. There’s a really well developed spirit here, which could have been something really special without the chill filtration and basic presentation.

Caramel, sultanas, hazelnuts and over-ripe banana on the nose. A strong arrival of strawberrys and cocoa powder, sultanas and wood spices, and a long creamy finish of vanilla and dried fruit.

A gentle nose of vanilla, walnut, orange peel and a faint smokiness. A sweet citrus arrival, with a sherry cask impact that is restrained and balanced. The finish is not long, but there’s baking spices, brown sugar and dark fruit as it fades. This is a pretty and rounded dram that would benefit from a little more ABV to highlight what is clearly a quality production.

A gentle but characterful nose. Pencil shavings and charcoal. Chocolate and pears. A smoky, briny arrival with celery and white pepper. Not a sweet dram, there’s a pleasant tartness in the finish.

The nose is a little shy. Fruit cake, celery, ginger and chocolate. Toasted hazelnuts and oats. The arrival is also lighter than I’d like, with orange, vanilla and some ginger undertones. The finish is short. This is an overrated whisky, there’s much more interesting options even at this relatively affordable price point.

I found the neck pour of this quite bland. However a couple of days later it came alive. Cinnamon and orchard fruits. A strong arrival of honey, vanilla and smoke with a warm spicy strawberry development that lingers. The peat is light but beautifully integrated, and there is a full, creamy mouth-feel.

A light and sweet peat on the nose, with unripe pear, milk chocolate, lemon and seaweed. Salt, smoke and sweetness in a perfect balance. This is the most gentle and pretty Islay. It one doesn’t punch you in the face, it tickles you under the chin.