The year on the label is that of distillation, while bottling is in 2017: we are therefore faced with an 8-year-old whisky (of which just over two passed in the barrels of the French wine). The color is gold with coppery veins: unlike other whiskys from the distillery, this one has been chill-filtered, perhaps for fear of the excessive impurities caused by the wine barrel? On the nose the character is sweetly peaty, with red fruits, apple (red) and dried plum together with cereals (young indeed) and a pinch but just a pinch of vanilla. All wrapped in a certain vinous harshness. The mouth is quite dry, and immediately introduces a soft side of tobacco and peat, smokier than the smell, which still drags the prunes (and let's put in some raisins too), blueberries, apple and vanilla. To accompany everything, a strong salty and marine note and a memory of chocolate. Slight underlying harshness. An amalgam of flavors and aromas not very harmonious but interesting, certainly not boring. The finish is still dry and astringent (very), smoky (we are from the parts of the burnt wood), vanilla and a pinch of spices, not particularly long.