Whisky Magazine Issue 47
Celebrating Speyside - New Island Distilleries - Best Distillery tours - Islay Festival - Whisky and Cigar Challenge - Forty Creek - Whisky liqueurs.
Published April 2005.
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- Nose
- Spicy and fruity. Half dried apricots in cinnamon. Hazelnuts.
- Palate
- Round and sweet. Fruit gives way to a nutty spiciness.
- Finish
- Rather short. Cinnamon lingers on.
- Comment
- Good integration of wood and malt. A very decent dram.
85
- Nose
- Heathery. Oak, light peat, damson jam. Lavender honey dripping off hot buttered toast. Water brings out sweet almond, orange and cumin.
- Palate
- Sweet and honeyed with balancing oak and a long unctuous feel. Leather and caramelised notes.
- Finish
- Tablet and a tickle of smoke.
- Comment
- Fantastic balance. One for sweet-toothed drinkers.