Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 49 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.
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Nose
Intensively fruity. Notes of ripe banana. Lemony. Scent of a garden after a summer rainfall. Lemony. Palate
Sweet and smooth. Good fruity sensation. Melon. Pears poached in a spicy syrup. Almond cake. Finish
Medium, spicy. Comment
A fruity character. Well-balanced.
Dave Broom
Nose
Clean and sweet. Baked banana, vanilla sugar, mango, just mown grass drying in the sun. New oak. Destroyed by water. Palate
Quite light and slightly hollow. Lacks a mid-palate and becomes coarse to the finish. Finish
Hard. Comment
Lacks any real individual character – or middle palate.
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