Nose

Sweet, clean peat, vanilla and-floral notes. One of the most profound and complex of Irish noses.

Palate

Again very sweet, peaty. Softly honeyed and oily Mild molasses, fabulously smoky.

Finish

Becomes drier as some oak bites, but the peat just keeps on rumbling along.

Comment

This single malt had suffered from an identity crisis over the last year or so. Some vattings had become slightly off-key, dirty even, and the malt had lost direction. This bottling, however, is back to its brilliant best.