Tastes

For the price it’s decent.

Caramel, vanilla and some decent oak spice. Drinks like a lesser ABV and not overly sweet. Quite enjoyed this one even though it was a bit pricey.

Prefer this to the 15yr Adela, not as sweet with plenty of barrel wood, spice and port wine fruit notes. Jumps out of the glass, so much flavour and honestly it’s packs so much flavour it’s buried the spirit. Love nosing this, has a lot to offer and the finish lingers forever. I like this a lot but it’s a port wine dominated whisky.

Well I get that it’s a bottom shelf blend but honestly for the price, I thought it was alright. Nothing to get excited about but great everyday pour. Sweeter than I expected from the nose. No real “smoke” but rather some slight earthiness. A bottle you bust out of the cabinet when your buds are a few drams in and now switched to drinking for effect.

Nose is dry grass, malt and vanilla, maybe a little apple. Taste is dry spicy and sweet. Peat is veggie and campfire. Not ash and tar. It’s a very well put together, mesh together perfectly. I like a lot, would buy again.

Overlooked and under appreciated malt. I don’t get the peat or smoke but I do get some savoury or sweet BBQ notes. By the color alone you wouldn’t think this has spent any time in a sherry cask. The sherry is beautiful, bright and fresh but not strong enough to overpower that single malt. Finish is long, dry and little sour.

I don’t get much smoke or peat but it’s there lingering late. Well rounded and easy to enjoy. It’s a good single malt but IMO don’t think it deserves a Distiller score of 99.

This is actually quite an interesting whisky, full of old oak funk and great port flavors. Good spice and although I'd like to see how this would taste at 46%ABV, it's fine at 40%. It's very much port forward and unlike any other port finished whiskey I've tried.

Typical sweet malt on the nose. I get stone fruits, the Mizunara casks have some nice spice. Finish fades quick.