Tastes

Smoky, salty, and a bit of fruit comes through once a cube is added. Good stuff but I find the Lagavulin 16 a bit more balanced. 4.5.

Maybe I got a bad bottle. Terrible. Not much on the nose. Wood and maybe a little fruit. Taste is oaky, with a little spice underneath and some raisins. The fruit and spice are more clear after water is added. Astringency is less after water as well. Not worth the price IMO.

3.5. Sampled neat. Nose of alcohol and sweet tones of dried fruit. Tastes quite fruity, Hints of raisins and a fresh tin of pipe tobacco. Quite smooth and prefer this to Glenmorangie Original after side by side tasting. Neither is smoky or peaty that my novice scotch tasting palate can pick out, but this is far smoother.

Tasted at Bateau, One cube. Nose: Iodine, smoke, leather Taste: Salt, smoke, tobacco Very smooth and balanced despite my prior bad experiences with other smoky or peaty drams. Will be picking up a bottle of this for the collection, no doubt.

Thin and not very complicated. Honey and light notes of fruit up front. Later more pear and vanilla. Not smoky or salty at all.