Tastes

A fine wheater. Dried apricot, vanilla, honey, wheat bread, baking spices and a little ethanol on the nose. Quite viscous and sweet on the palate with vanilla, dried fruits and a little pepper, heat from the proof builds up to a nice hug by the end of a dram. Finish is medium length with some sweetness and pepper.

Initial impressions: Creamy, rich, vanilla, honey, caramel, light peat, short finish. Reminds me a wee bit of Kilchoman Machir Bay.

Neck pour. Sweet, vanilla, caramel, syrupy fruit, light peat smoke, shorter finish. Tasty. Dry glass gives a better impression than the initial taste of the whiskey itself with dried apricots, raisin, plums, a hint of peat and baking spices.

Tasty, gentle dram with toffe, vanilla and restrained smoke.

White cake, dark chocolate and raspberry with a little spice. Delicious!

Retaste: Bottle at 7/8th, open 2 years. Cinnamon note I tasted initially has really mellowed, or my palate has evolved, or both. I get more of a cinnamon toast crunch note on the nose plus gingerbread and some orange marmalade. Cinnamon is still there on the palate, caramel is more prominent now, there’s also vanilla and gingerbread. A tiny bit of heat on the finish which is medium length with toasty vanilla and caramel.

First pour and I am seriously in like with this one. Intense, but lovely nose with musty, nutty sherry, dried red berries, orange zest and honey. Feels rich and syrupy on the palate with loads of the same notes as the nose, a little heat and bitterness. Finish is long, sweet and savory.

Not much on the nose, orange blossom and almonds. Viscous with cherry and orange notes, vanilla, honey and baking spices on the palate. Finish is medium length, starts bitter and ends sweet.

Initial pours are really hard to define. There’s a lot going on. The nose is intense and smells like George Dickel 12 with some additional fruit notes, definitely pear, plum too. Palate is hot, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, with strong notes of Dickel 12, including the minerals. There’s light vanilla, caramel, sea salt, aromatic bitters, baking spices and some fruit notes I can’t nail down. Finish is medium length and muddled, not really spicy, not sweet either, a little bitterness. I tried it with water, didn’t like it. An ice cube made it viscous, syrupy, toned down the heat and i actually enjoyed it more. Can’t say I love it, can’t say I hate it. But I will drink more of it. The bottle in my hand says 56.77 ABV

Sour cherry, sweet corn and spicy rye. Feels a bit prickly and young. Long finish.