Tastes

Nose: Brown sugar, cloves, citrus peel, raisins and a rum-like nose. Palate: A touch of oak and a developing ginger root spice. A sweetness like a rum with raisins and vanilla. Finish: Spicy and dry with a bit of sweetness lingering.

Nose: Jammy red berries and caramelised banana. Some light baking spices. Palate: Soft body. Honey and oak spice with some chewy red berry. Finish: Chocolate drizzled dried cranberries and strawberry. A touch of dryness. Comparing to the 10 year, the same base spirit is evident in the 16. The honey flavour is more prominent in the 10 and is rounded off by all the jammy notes that come from the port casks in the 16.

Nose: Sea salt, lemony citrus, sweet peat smoke. Palate: Light texture. Sweet green apple and a light vanilla cream. Dried green fruits. Finish: Woody, citrusy, sweet bbq smoke. The dried fruit intensifies.

Nose: Spicy chocolate and raisins. Malty. Palate: Dried fruits, citrus, some spice develops. Finish: Baking spices, dry musty oak. Orchard fruits.

Nose: Lovely sweet caramel and wood wax. Dark honeycomb. Some faint smoke. Palate: Slightly oily mouthfeel. Sweet malt initially with a delicate smoke like a extinguished match. Finish: The smoke picks up as does an oaky barrel spice that lingers.

Nose: Aromatic dark chocolate smothering dried cranberries, citrus zest. Palate: Pink lady apple. Cocoa notes. A nice autumnal spice mix. Finish: Raisins and prunes, black pepper with chocolate lingering on for quite some time. This is listed as Scottish but it isn't. This is a French whiskey.

Nose: Light, malty, floral, some delicate citrus. Palate: Creamy texture. Tropical mango and pineapple. A peppery spice. Finish: Sweet roasted pineapple. Barrel spice.

Nose: Sweet floral notes like elderflower, crisp green apple. Hints of white pepper. On the retro I get freshly baked warm white bread. Palate: Creamy texture. Freshly cut pears foremost with a danish pastry and cinnamon dusting. Finish: Oaky, white pepper heat that subsides to leave flaked almond and orchard fruit. Cinnamon follows up once more.

Nose: Green apple, slight nail varnish. Hints of tropical fruits. The nose softens after a while. Palate: Creamy texture. Light tropical fruit, mango especially. Barrel spice creeps in. Finish: Vanilla, developing baking spice. The tropical fruit lingers.

Nose: Brown sugar, vanilla, baking spices, oak. Palate: Creamy mouthfeel. Sweet notes of brown sugar and vanilla, cardamom, rye spice. Finish: Quickly drying with oak and cinnamon on the end.