After recently falling in love with their Classic Laddie, I knew that adding peat to anything that comes from Bruichladdich would be right up my alley. The nose brings the expected aromas of tarry rope, cereal, brine and hints of citrus. Let it breathe a while tho and out come more hints of pepper and bitter chocolate. The palate is super lively, with just a splash of sweetness up front, then all aboard the train to Barelytown. This flavor being so centric you’re figuratively chewing on the malt. (This is a good thing) A rich earthy peat comes next, with more salt and pepper closing it out. Finish brings some warmth from the 100 proof, with some wood tannins showing up beyond the lingering smoke. It’s medium in length and a little thin, but this is forgiven since it was such a beautiful sip. This doesn’t have the cured meat or iodine type flavors you might be used to in some Islays.. it’s more of a clean, barley forward smoker, and it absolutely needs to be on the shelf.