Nose Burnt biscuits, cinder toffee, baked apple, roasty, earthy coffee with vanilla cream, treacle, candied bacon, meaty malt, rooibos tea, hints of goji berries and spiced toffee apples.
Palate A big Islay welcome with peppery, pungent peat smoke and oily tar, salted caramel and charred seaweed, balanced by grilled red plums, dark chocolate raisins, smoked toffee, and leathery old oak.
Finish Thick, dense toffee, rich, oily smoke, old oak, charred, candied herbs, balsamic poached pear, cracked peppercorns, then waves of sweet, sherried fruit, stewed berries, and cigar box spice.