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.
Wonderful whisky, good nose but even better taste, just unbelievable
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
