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.
Absolutely top class, wonderful smoky without being overwhelming. Tempted to say it’s terrible so that nobody buys…. Lovely
Received a bottle of this for Christmas from my wife….it has become my favourite Islay, even better than the older Islay Malts. Don’t be fooled by the no frills packaging, this is a beautiful whisky
Nice touch. Oloroso casks finished are my thing. Thanks for this to Xerez and its wine industry, but also this one has a very nice "oil platform" I enjoyed much, a bit like Ardbeg, but at much more reasonable price (although I find Ardbeg the best in this category)
Excellent, smooth Islay dram as good as any that I have tasted in 40+ years of savouring single malts, almost. I will recommend this to friends
The strongest drink lve ever had so full of flavour l love it, does taste of creosote tho. lm not a big drinker and never drunk much whiskey before but buying this as a present
