After seven years in an ex-bourbon hogshead this whisky was transferred into a 1st fill Port barrique for the remaining 13 months of its maturation
The reduced nose has burnt hay and Cornish wafers
The taste neat had plenty of chilli heat at the beginning but then offered a balance of zesty orange marzipan and juicy fruit flavoured wine gums
milk chocolate and thick cream and finishing in the most splendid fashion with candied orange and apricot brandy
Cask No. 53.344 NAS After seven years in anCask No. 53. 344 A seaside picnic Islay This subtle nose starts with biscuity notes (jammy dodgers, blackcurrant tart, caf noir) then brine intrudes rock pools, barnacles on a yacht, a seaside picnic wood embers and damp tweed. The palate is a sweet salty citric combo sweet barley, green apple, lobster claws, tequila shots, liquorice and aniseed the finish is charred oak and smoke. The reduced nose has Atlantic breezes ruffling marram grass, sea