Nose

Fresh and ripe pear, red apple, and apricots, with delicate sawn oak and sweet flan base. Vanilla cream pastry buns, with sliced strawberries and blueberries coated in honey. A little wafer.

Palate

Medium bodied. The juicy orchard fruits and joined blue blueberry yoghurt and sweet vanilla cookies dusted with icing sugar. There’s delicate allspice and green apple core underneath.

Finish

Medium-long, centred on that delicately drying green apple skin.

Comment

A case study in Speyside whisky 101.