Mannochmore 12 Year Flora & Fauna

Floral, lightly citric, but mostly ethanol on the nose. Anaesthesizing mouthful following suit. Woodsy character on the palate, with hints of orchard fruit and bananas barely coming through. Warm, short and spicy finish with an unforgivable bitter aftertaste. Pretty bad, if not short of catastrophic. This barely gets 2 stars.

An underperforming nose, with hints of white glue, light charred wood and honey - there's also a delicate sweetness that can pass for orchard fruit, but it's barely there. The palate on the other hand is for the most part unpleasant; bitter and smoked wood spices and hazelnut. The finish… an evening's regret.