Nose A fruity nose of dried fruit (notably raisin) and baskets of tropical fruit (particularly melon) with a distinct leathery quality in the background marking this dram's age.
Palate Fresh melon and vanilla ice cream then wood spice that develops warmer notes with the addition of water.
Finish Spicy with a sweet stroke of vanilla. Finally soft calve's leather on the tail.
Overall The vanilla, raisin and melon notes form a mouth-watering flavour profile but there is a leathery quality that highlights the age this malt is packing.