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[54.0%・NAS・Bottled in 2017・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Definitely quite young with the new make characters still apparent, carrying an oily spirit style. The plum liqueur influence has a rather low tone, which is unexpected and a bit lacklustre. A faint ester-y fragrance of over-ripen fruits and rose petals. Interestingly enough the lower tone does promote the…
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Style: Fruity and Spicy Nose: Charming, cheerful fruits dipped into malt syrup. Green pears hitting the high notes, white pepper dusting down. Copper, a dash of apple vinegar, finish with dry spices. Palate: Spice arrow carries the juicy fruity core and shoots across the palate. Starting with clean orchard fruits, lightly stewed as we progress.…
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[57.8%・NAS・Bottled in 2016・Official Bottling・Single Cask Release of 518 Bottles] Nose: An overt sense of heavy and relentless darkness. Chocolate mud cake and marzipan dusted with a generous brush of almond sugar. Poached fruits absolutely drenched in toffee treacle that is slightly burnt, the syrupy nature engulfing hints of black tea, ginger, leather and black shoe…
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Style: Sweet and Spritely Nose: Delicate orange flower infused with a rich thread of mint candy. A rather tight and raw aroma which needs a bit of time to unlock. Once it opens up, malty, syrupy core, batter cupcake. A touch of acid pop, some coconut shreds. Sweet with an oily texture. Palate: On the…
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Style: Sherry and Herbal Nose: Robust chilli spices fires up while pull pork notes knitting into heavy cranberry jam. Strawberries and cream, dark cherries, coffee jelly infused with herbal liquor. Balsamic vinegar overtone, faint grassy notes and cereal malt. Polished off with a subtle copper tone. Palate: Thick dark cherry trickling down on the palate.…
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Style: Fruity and Spicy Nose: Waving off a light veil of chilli spice, we have a good dose of fruity-malt aroma on the nose. Papaw, tropical fruits, nectarines and beautiful beeswax nicely pushed up by caramel and almond malt. Herbal side emerges, pine, peppermint overtone with nutmeg coconut cream brushes. Dry spices to finish. Palate:…
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[46.0%・5 Years Old・Distilled in 2012・Bottled in 2017・Cask #3190 & Cask #2716・Bottled in 2017・Official Bottling・Limited Release of 900 Bottles] Nose: Hmm, quite peaty to start, but it’s a clean iodine note with a light hint of floral note laying underneath, wild flowers perhaps. It’s simplistic but the peat is very fresh and pure. There is a…
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[40.0%・8 Years Old・Bottled in 2017・Official Bottling・General Release] Nose: Lime zest, faint charred oak note in the background; corn syrup lurking with a hint of dry rye. Palate & Finish: Glucose syrup with a wee dose of vanilla essence, soft marshmallow with a very subtle, almost unintended hint of lime twist, apricots and sugared mochi. A…
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[40.0%・10 Years Old・Official Bottling・General Release] Nose: Quite green and quite spirity, industrial with the barley grist and artificial with the butterscotch overloading. Caramel and shoe box, pre-loved shoes. Palate & Finish: Sugary water, toffee diluted with water with quite a new make-esque presence. A bitter-ish after taste that unfortunately sticks on though it’s weak enough…
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Style: Sweet and Spicy Nose: Fragrant, fresh berries opening, followed by a firm layer of stewed tropical and citrus fruits, red grapes notes nicely laced within it. A rather refreshing tartness balances the aroma. Orange marmalade, floral jam spreading over creme brûlée, maraschino cherry garnished on top. Mellow grassy and copper tone at the back.…
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