Kavalan Sherry Oak Single Malt

This is a winner, really interesting and adds something original to a familiar flavour profile. A speyside but not. The sherry content is front and centre. Dried, jammy fruit. Nuts. Pepper. Marzipan and vanilla. The 46% abv is worn lightly, a very acceptable burn that carries the flavours and leads to persistence. She love you long time. The climate advantage is used to deliver a powerful but relatively subtle dram at speed. The flavours are strong and distinct. Not a shy drop, it comes at you fast and announces itself loudly. I love the eagerness of this whiskey. I enjoyed the in yer face of it. OK, it's not Farclas. This leans towards being a loud, distant relative that is a tiny bit gauche but loveable.

Sherry, oak, vanilla, and fig nose; sherry, oak, stone fruit, and dried fruit; medium spice, medium texture; finishes fairy dry with dried fruit; tastes like a solid sherry-forward scotch, but not worth the price

Nose is grassy, medicinal (in a good way), and honey. Palate is rum and raisin, Jamaican ginger cake, a touch of chocolate at the end. Rich and intense!

Sweet nose, with a bit of spice. Silky, a bit of salt, body. Sweet finish.

Fruit cake Tropical fruit Sherry cask - gives you the Christmas pudding