Soba45
Reviewed
January 5, 2017 (edited June 29, 2018)
Drinking this side to side with the 12 year this edged it out simply for the higher abv which I now prefer. I'd love to see the 12 year non cask at the same strength to better ascertain the impact of Olorosso only vs bourbon influence. Also I've since moved on to enjoy more intensely flavoured sherry bomb and in your face peat style whiskys so it'd be interesting to see how I now rate this one year after I finished my last bottle. Update: Roll on several months later and a new bottle. Does it still hold up? I perhaps unfairly put it up against my gold standards in the peat and sherry world's - Laphroaig 10 and Glendronach 15 Revival. Amazingly it held up not to badly. Is it as good? No if they are a 5 this is more a 4.2 - 4.5, it doesn't have the intense flavor profile I love.. But still a lovely viscosity...If I'd tasted this for the first time after these two it'd have got a 4 so sadly down it goes