Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 34 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.
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Nose
Very aromatic. Fresh cedar. Coconut. Palate
Intense. Tar-like. Rooty. Sappy. Earthy. Piney. Finish
Liquorice. Spicy. Peppery. Comment
Its edgy assertiveness might bother aesthetes but I warm to a whisky that knows its own mind.
Dave Broom
Nose
Very intense and hot without water, quite oaky. Sharpened pencils and orchard fruits. Water brings a sauna-like piney oiliness. Clean, citric. Palate
Softer and more zesty than you'd expect, though it carries the heat of high alcohol all the way. A fiery beast. Finish
Becomes perfumed in the drying glass. Comment
Packs a real impact.
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