Lombard Smoking Ember

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 23 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Straight from the kiln. Sooty. Haddocky. Sea spray. Bog myrtle. Apples cooked under ashes. Seductive. Palate You get what you nose but in a tame manner. Smoked sea-scallops, salted buttered fudge. Finish Firm and crisp, reluctantly fading away like the sun sinking into the sea. Comment A ‘love it or hate it’ islander. Bold and uncompromising. And so charming.

Dave Broom Nose Immediate robust peatiness: tar, creosote, spent barbecue, sand dunes, tarry twine and a smokehouse jammed full of herring. Palate Everything the nose suggests but water dissipates its flavours rather than bringing them out, showing a lack of mid-palate richness. Finish Rooty, smoky with some nice oily qualities. Comment The name says it all. Big and bold but it’s all smoke and no trousers.