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[62.2%・11 Years Old・Bottled in 2018・Official Bottling・Cask No. 4295/03・Single Cask Release] Nose: A fat Port cask driven note from the get go. Still quite spirit heavy with a buttery toffee base with a slight clay note. Overall, the Port wood fragrance is quite pleasant. Palate & Finish: Sweet prunes on the palate but incredibly spicy, the…
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[67.4%・14 Years Old・Bottled in 2018・Official Bottling・Cask No. 2087/08・Single Cask Release] Nose: Honey and cereal and of course rather alcoholic, metallic with barley husk, quite unrefined and raw. Palate & Finish: Sweet oily honey with a very naked showing of the barley infused with wood. Faring quite green with some olive oil and more spirit-y spices…
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[65.5%・13 Years Old・Bottled in 2018・Official Bottling・Cask No. 4032.14・Single Cask Release] Nose: The dram is very peated indeed, smoked bacon, smoked haddock and Dettol, super robust with sea salt hitting the malt and iodine bursting out, a fishy note develops in time. Palate & Finish: A deceivingly smooth dose of mild sweetness at first before the…
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[51.7%・Bottled In 2016・25 Years Old・Original Bottling・Limited Release of 8000 Bottles] Nose: The nose paints a picture of a misty winter morning on Islay, cold water hitting the sand, bringing about some seaweed. There is this distant bonfire that is somewhat memory triggering, soothing and soft as traces of plastic, muscat grapes, ginger and menthol, chalk…
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[56.5%・12 Years Old・Bottled in 2017・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Tiger balm and spices, the sweet peat fares a touch dirtier this year, sooty and ashy. A hint of smoked oyster in there. Palate & Finish: Leads with vanilla first with lemon and pepper but it is then overcome by the powerful peat, a dirty oomph of masculinity…
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[43.0%・25 Years Old・Distilled in 1974・Bottled in 2000・Official Bottling・Limited Release of 2732 Bottles] Nose: A rater introverted nose, lemony with some freshly shaved oak. Fresh strawberries sprinkled with icing sugar to set a rather refreshing vibe. Palate & Finish: Strawberry jam and air dried strawberries with a hint of malt as the dram grows more acidic,…
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[57.1%・20 Years Old・Official Bottling・Barrel L16956・Single Barrel Release of 588 Bottles] Nose: Praise be! Heavenly mahogany with smooth vanilla and leather interwinding seamlessly, well aged cigar leaves, stately yet endearing. Wood smoked bacon in time with some thick toffee creaminess and buttery treats surfacing. Palate & Finish: Wow, honey soaked raisins and dried muscats, the sweetness…
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[45.2%・20 Years Old・Bottled in 2014・Buffalo Trace Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: A complex nose, an intensely rich dose of brown sugar drenched walnuts with an orange zing. Hearty doses of cinnamon spices, leather and smoked sandalwood with some vanilla, thick toffee, dark chocolate and raisins. The char is sweet and mesmerizing.. Palate & Finish: Big charred oak…
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[69.5%・7 Years Old・Distilled in 2002・Bottled in 2009・Buffalo Trace Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Big peppery nose at first, then cinnamon, Chinese hawthorn, charred oak, orange and tanned leather. Eye watering pungent spices. Palate & Finish: A thick maple sweetness first appeared on the palate, a couple of lemon twists to lift the body as the caramel and…
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[43.0%・Distilled in 1969・Bottled Circa 1994・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Such immaculate fragrances on the nose, stately and graceful aromas with the velvet-esque waxiness well integrated into the oak. The cask led sweetness is expressive, from a bouquet of soft ripe fruits to a floral status with the malt gradually developing. Such balance with the dram releasing…
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