85
- Nose
- Phenolic, seaweedy, with a hint of estery, melony, sweetness.
- Palate
- Seaweedy, salty, oily.
- Finish
- Round, dry, iodine-like.
- Comment
- The most medicinal of Islay malts. I love it.
90
- Nose
- A thick coating of peat isn't enough to cover a soft, oaky background. Iodine appears alongside a pear-fruity sweetness. Delicate for a whisky so big.
- Palate
- Continuous gentle waves of dry peat lap upon the tastebuds but are balanced by a sweet malt middle and the most hesitant of vanillas.
- Finish
- Long and peaty, the shy vanilla now begins to show as the oak adds a certain dryness.
- Comment
- A gentle giant.
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