Tastes

Nose: Beautiful floral perfumed smoke aroma. Grainy. Palate: Super light texture. Sweet smoke. Some light ginger spice. Floral. Finish: Some oak creeps in. Dry. Smoked tropical fruit. Like a vegan BBQ.

Nose: Instant hit of honey on toast with some golden raisin. On the retro I get waxy citrus peel. Palate: Nice thick mouthfeel. Loads of spice. Some lighter honey notes that offset the spice. Finish: Dried, sweet apricot and peach. Subtle nuttiness like the sensation you get when someone just opened a bag of salted peanuts in your vicinity.

Nose: Dry sherry, raisins, orange zest, nutty. Some milk chocolate on the retro. Palate: Oak, sultanas, an increasing intensity of spice. Underneath there's a salted caramel. Finish: Extremely dry initially. Spicy with an apple pie and vanilla custard.

Nose: Aromas of stone fruit, sweet sultanas, red grape, and a hint of tobacco smoke. Palate: Creamy texture. Sweet berry fruit, some baking spices. Subtly woody. Finish: Plummy, jammy fruit. Some barrel spice peaks and falls. A sweet but dry finish. Notes: I've a soft spot for port finished whiskies and this is no exception. I'm enjoying the sweetness and red fruit this offers.

Nose: Roasted and fresh pineapple with hints of muscovado sugar. It takes some swirling to get the full aroma Palate: Quite creamy in texture. Some citrusy notes. A lighter caramelised pineapple. Finish: Less of the pineapple and more brown sugar. Light oak.

Nose: Sweet aromatic smoke, white pepper, honey. Caramel dipped pear on the retro. Palate: Some peppery spice, cereal dusted with light brown sugar. Finish: Milk chocolate, second hand lighted toasted oak, light, sweet BBQ smoke on the aftertaste.

Nose: Light sherry, grain. Palate: Very light with a golden raisin. Finish: Vanilla cream and sherry prevail on the finish.

Nose: Intense aroma of sherry cask and raisins. Palate: Lighter than I expected on the body. An intense firey hit of vanilla and sherry that's quite overpowering. Finish: Sherry dominates the palate and the finish to the point that it's a bit too much for me but I understand why people like it. Notes: Water doesn't really do much to quiten down the beast.

Nose: Light peat and soil. Honey and subtle vanilla and citrus zest notes. Palate: Honey cured, smoked wafer thin ham. Some barrel wood. Finish: Increasing smoke intensity, but it's a light wispy smoke. Like a neighbour 3 doors down is having a BBQ and you weren't invited but the wind is blowing in your direction.

Nose: Grainy, spicy. Sweet sticky buns. Palate: Light but a nice creamy texture. Sweet vanilla and buttered rye bread. Finish: Vanilla icing with a medium length rye spice.