...honey and peaches we saw on the nose, then a cinnamon dusting before something new comes along the way, bits and pieces of shaved coconut, with hazelnut oil and tart raspberries, plus a tiny dollop of cream. The finish is long and tart, with hints of green apples...
...it moves to chai, and apricots that move from bursting with juice to dry in the mouth, with sweet cinnamon, cherry’s, humbugs, raisins, and dark sugar. Its then the mouthfeel starts to come in, and the whisky is hot and sweet yet so incredibly dry, stripping all the moisture from the cheeks and tongue as though you’ve stuffed your mouth full of cinnamon sugar...
...also once hide a nut tree sitting in the distilleries courtyard from the German forces during the second world war (the wood used is apparently perfect for gun stocks)...
...chocolate that somehow was missing from the nose. As I bite into it thick chocolate and fudge ice-cream appears alongside liquorice, honey dew melon, dancing pears, prancing bears, jumping caramel, spinning plums, sweet coffee and a black forest gateau winking...
...an orange dotted with spices of cinnamon and incredibly light cloves. Compared against the nose the palate is incredibly calm and relaxed, the main joy of the dram. Carrots, brown sugar, plums and maraschino cherries make their way about too as they drift slowly by...
