(Vita Dulcis Advent Calendar 5/24) Nose: typical and very nice Islay peat on the nose but with a heavily warm buttery basis, soft lemon cake, vanilla, a significant BBQ aroma on top everything, sweet fresh apple cider (I would say this might be Caol Ila or Laphroaig) Palate: cold ashy peat along sour fruit candy, fresh cut apple, vanilla pudding, apple vinegar with chili, moss, barbecue smoke Finish: interesting finish, not so much Caol Ila anymore, quite a bid medicinal bitter, Verdict: it starts of quite intense but loses a good bid of this intensity further in, nonetheless a nice peaty dram, slightly bitter and dry on the finish (I would go with Laphroaig for the distillery of this whisky but more like the Laphroaig Select ... I guess we’ll never know).