Taster

Nose: Wow, this really is a well-balanced whisky with delicate, mossy smoke, great aged oak and a fantastic broadness from leather and cigar boxes. Really very good.

Palate: And the quality carries on with the palate giving fantastic balance of spirit, earthy smoke, toasted oak, vintage books, church pews and dunnage warehouse floor.\n

Finish: Big smoke, but tempered by the drying leather tones.\n

Comment: A wonderful whisky which does Islay, and Scotland, proud. Could become a classic.

Score: 9.2

Taster

Nose: Parma Violets, sooty, sweet peat and fragrant Islay fruit. Weighty with a subtle coastal note adding a freshening element. Hints of orange rind, liquorice and very subtle but creamy oak.

Palate: Mature and tropical with sweet orange, melon, barley, brine and a distant echo of wonderfully sweet peat. Majestic and elegant with a lightly salted middle. \n

Finish: Long and salty with lingering Parma Violets, barley and coastal dusty fruit. \n

Comment: Absolutely gorgeous and probably quite expensive!

Score: 9.1