Out of the core range Auchentoshans, this is by far the richest. It’s got dark, dense notes all over the nose including a sweetness that’s somewhere between molasses and caramel. That sweetness only gets more prominent on the taste, but is joined by fruit and berry notes and a wood-y bitterness on the tail-end that makes for a big change-up. Normally, I don’t tend to go in for sweeter profiles but the complexity on this has made it my favorite Auchentoshan release so far.