Minutia: Distilled on November 28, 2012 and matured for 8 years in an ex-bourbon cask numbered 564 before bottling on November 28, 2020. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Yellow gold; 0.5.
Nose: Beneath smoke and char and a seaside triage tent, something intensely sweet tries to break free. Aromatic tobacco, leather. Once the whisky’s been in the mouth, a return to the nose shows that sweet note having appeared in the form of an ice cream/cookie shake/blizzard type treat, albeit with a smoky flavor to it.
Taste: Smoke and ash. Spice, salt.
Finish: Char, smoke, burnt meat. Long.
What a treat. The nose was great and made better after a sip. The finish was great. The taste is fine, but compared to how good the other two it’s almost a let down. The taste actually kept the score down a fair bit, even though it gets a rather high score. A damn shame I don’t have a bottle of this one, it’s a real winner.
Score: 90
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