Nose

A combination of baked pear and pineapple fruitiness, with old and complex phenols rumbling beneath. More apparent with water, with tinned fish and some smoked meat. Lemon biscuits.

Palate

Fruit syrup, raisins and a little sulphur. Phenolic too, with dentist's mouthwash and a little of that canned brine. Some dry oak.

Finish

Salty and drying.

Comment

Confidentially and quietly smoky, this is a lovely example of this elegant old Islay.