Christmas Cake & Dark Chocolate & Medjool Dates & Cinnamon 8 Year Old

One day when i was doing my hobbie, which is scrolling through thousands of bottles in auctions, i started seeing this crazy looking but apparently honest label that said "Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire" with no clear distiller or anything. Of course they caught my attention, but i let it slide, till the day i entered a restaurant in the middle of nowhere in Speyside where a crazy but super fun guy called Craig received me and my group for lunch (the place is called The Craig Bar). Well, Craig started dropping some major jokes on everyone, nobody was left without a nickname, and then he offered us a whisky. It was called "CHRISTMAS CAKE & DARK CHOCOLATE & MEDJOOL DATES & CINNAMON". Clearly this was the sherried version of that other whisky i was telling you about. And guess what? It was great. On the nose, it is what it says it is. Dates, cinnamon, glazed ham, marzipan and Christmas cake. After a first sip it became a chocolate cake with raisins. A muffin and hints of bbq sauce. Lovely. On the palate it is delicious. Dates, raisins. Very winey, blueberries and red berries. Every single dehydrated fruit you can inmagine. Aftertaste is where the promised cinnamon lives. Christmas cake with wine; it is literally a loaf of bread with a blackberry marmalade. Overall, this is a stupendous dram, with a marketing strategy done right: it offers exactly what it says on the label. I still don't know who makes this, and i frankly don't care, because this mystery adds a layer to the whole experience. Wonderful whisky, my score for it is 92 over 100.

Raisin nose, biscuity palate, but nothing amazing for me

Nose: dates, cinnamon, raisins, apples, cocoa, Christmas spices and mulled wine, brandy. Pallet: spicy, intense sugar, fermented oranges, cinnamon, cocoa, red wine Finish: oak, intense, spices, fades to brandy