Tastes
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A generous dram gifted to me at the end of a bottle. Dark fruit and treacle cake on the nose, with definite sherry notes. The smoke is sweet and not at all acrid. Gentle fruit grows with orange, dates, then marmalade and forest fruits. Remarkably smooth. The smoke wisps at the back of the tongue, embers lingering like yesterday’s campfire. Still sweet but with some of that characteristic Islay plasters and TCP.
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Very peculiar. Definitely sheepy on approach - it smells like lanolin! Strong notes of gloss paint on a proper nosing. Salt lick? Plenty of farmyard character to accompany the story of this sheep dung-dried malt. The whisky is young and thin - top notes of grain like vodka. But its soft, gentle, and grows on the palate. It develops to salty licorice and aniseed, with a finish reminscent of furniture polish. Its not unpleasant, but its different - not particularly whisky like.
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