Dalwhinnie Winter's Frost (Game of Thrones-House Stark)

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Nose: Immediate malt, sugar, honey and green apples. Nuts, perhaps walnut, with a strong oak barrel presence, with a slight hint of banana and milk chocolate. Palate: Immediate short-lasting honey followed by sugar and oak as the predominant flavour, giving a overly dry feeling on the tongue, with an underwhelming apple taste. Nuts follow through with a slight cocoa taste. Finish: A short finish, very dry with the presence of oak and slight spice.

vanilla grass. meh.

Nose of honey, apple, grains. The taste is medium to light bodied with a honey flavor. It has a resinous quality and some spicy. Finish is spicy honey with grains and maybe a hint of ginger.

The Starks may yet claim the Iron Throne, but they won’t be winning Game of Drams. Despite its flavors opening up considerably after an hour exposed to the elements, Winter’s Frost left me cold. It eventually yielded some malty, nutty notes and a pleasantly creamy aftertaste with a hint of apple pie and nutmeg, but it’s all a little muted, like a watery Benromach 10. Pleasant enough, but I wouldn’t march north for it.