This right here is a 10-year-old single malt from an undisclosed distillery on Islay, with 25% of it having been finished in first-fill oloroso sherry casks, and bestowed the decidedly descriptive name Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire. If those four words (and three ampersands) aren't quite enough of an explanation of what this expression is all about, here are a few more: stripped-back, smoky, complex, a bit sherried, balanced, coastal. Yeah, that should do it. Great for people who love uncompromising Islay whisky and sans-serif fonts.
Rich, powerful sherry with a well-integrated core of peat. Solid.
Well-balanced but extremely forceful on delivery. The sherry makes itself known in a really good way.
Red apple sweetness gives way to oaken-vanilla goodness and fades elegantly into the embers of a chargrilled well-aged steak.
A thoroughly impressive dram. One would be forgiven for mistaking it for an OB with another 5 years of age on it.
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I bought this out of curiosity as it has apparently been the best selling whisky on the site in 2023, and I am disappointed. Very rough initial peat taste, no subtlety and no aftertaste whatsoever, just disappears from the palette. Plenty nicer drams in this price range, albeit with less trendy labelling.
Saw this at a reduced price and have been wanting to try it for a while so jumped at the chance and I wasn't disappointed. In fact I was so pleased I will definitely be trying a few others from this range of releases - and frankly looking forward to them. For the money I paid it is definitely worth a five star rating.
A big surprise the flavour is subtle and lasting I have been waiting to try this and was very pleasantly surprised - I would recommend it to anyone
Very pleasant peaty dram
