Tastes

Honey yellow/orange in the glass. Nose: stone fruit pits, oak. Taste: Fruits, oak, nuts. Finish: Madeira, dark fruits. I quite like this. Maybe not as good as the 12-year, but I'd happily have a bottle. If I had to pick, I'd probably still go with the 12, though.

I'm getting a fair bit of peat on the nose, but I'm also getting an unpleasant booziness. The flavour is better - medicinal with some peat still. Medium finish. I am not a fan of this. I recently had the 12-year old and I was considering buying a bottle. This I am not going to be buying a bottle.

On the nose I get pears and marzipan. The taste definitely gives me oak in addition.

Sweet on the pallet, nice smoky aftertaste.