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.
I think for it's price this is an amazing dram! So many flavours. Buy 2 bottles!
An amazing whisky, be patient, nose it, add the right amount of water and empty your mind. You will find those elements in there but don't stare at it, ignore it and let the flavours find you. At 32 quid, it's worth the gamble if you're not sure.
Interesting taste: very much liked the seaweed smell and taste which grows upon one. A good balance of sweetness and depth. Takes me right back to a holiday on Islay-peat and seaweed!
First taste is a bit of a confused surprise but it's starting to grow on me.
The Xmas present for me! and while this is a pleasant whisky in my view there are many (well several) other Islay whiskies I would have preferred to this. This has a taste of tar more than anything else with some sherry sweetness and not a lot else
