Another Christmas cracker of a whisky from Paul John, a distillery that just gets better and better in my estimation. Your Yuletide in a glass begins with the aromas of warm crackling spices and a heady drop of stewed fruit. A mouthful of mango and orange keeps this annual special edition firmly within the house style of the Goan stills, though the flavor feels amped up from the regular releases despite the modest ABV. The finish is long and warm, with a hint of peat and blood orange. I typically prefer Paul John’s unpeated releases because they let the tropical flavors shine, but the mix of casks here works excellently. A close second to the 2018 release and a notch above 2019’s.