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Style: Sweet and Refreshing Nose: Sweet banana pie dusted with icing sugar. Freshly opened canned pineapple, tropical punch with a heavy layer of vanilla frosting covering on it. Ripe melon notes balanced by crisp cucumber notes. Lemon poppy seed, peppermint and thyme forming a thin thread of herbal tone and shoots all the way to…

Style: Sweet and Smooth Nose: Musky red cherries come with a pleasant dose of vanilla cream. Aroma is bit shy. Warming up the dram then we have strawberry yogurt, throwing in a pinch of dry cereal. Black currants, red liquorice on a deeper level. Finish with ginger peels and shreds. Palate: Fizzing cherry soda striding…

Style: Sweet and Spicy Nose: Starts with subtly sweet aroma, soft dark cherries, prunes, tropical fruits, mellow honey and ester fruits all brushed with a layer of dry husk barley. Follows with a speck of peppermint, ginger and nutmeg. Touches of floral nectar and malty rims glittering gently. Aroma drying up at the back, finishes…

[52.0%・NAS・Bottled in 2017・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: The initial musk is rather captivating, chalk dust with vintage leather-bound books and forest berries painting an enticing landscape of darkness whilst the a mellow tone ensues from the oak.  Burnt figs and toasted almonds circling as the oak slowly engulfs the scene; fortunately the sticky strawberries intervene to…

[46.0%・NAS・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Very shy, hint of mocha perhaps, a fizzle of strawberries and crème caramel held tightly together.  Quite sterile to begin but it becomes much more fragrant as time goes by, rose cream, caramelised banana and bubble gum start to come out. Palate & Finish: Red cherries, whipped cream and strawberries, on…

[48.0%・NAS・Official Bottling・Single Cask Release] Nose: More cotton candy than ginger, ginger flowers effortlessly relaxing in the background.  Dried mango cubes and candy floss, hint of pepper and orange blossom, lighthearted but cute. Palate & Finish: Lemony and oozing of green apple sauce, together with the lime jelly it sets a refreshing summery tone.  The ginger…

[58.0%・NAS・Official Bottling・Cask No. 160921-A・Single Cask Release] Nose: A frail grasp of lemongrass and vanilla from toasted oak staves, mildly fragrant with a underlying buttery note. Palate & Finish: Vanilla custard with traces of lemons, sultana and rockmelons. The juicy vibe ties well with the milk chocolate, followed by spices that come across quite loud but…