Islay like it used to be.
FWP is about right. Huge Lavender, massive parma violet, but a delicious undercurrent of mucky ashy peat. God I wish I could afford to drink this every day.
Master of Malt Customer Aug 23, 2016
An arsonist's whisky!
Colour: Gold Body: Medium/Full
Nose: Hmmm, definitely perfumed. Builds on you, slowly revealing layers of flavour. Softly floral, lilac, camomile, scented candles, sweet orange, grapefruit cocktail, green grape, spiced apple, spearmint (quite cooling), there's a peat fire further away, cold peat kiln. Gives you a sense of an abandoned cold warehouse.
Water: Fruitier and maybe more straightforward. Chewy orange, marzipan, Caol Ila's lemon, Bowmore's maltiness, Laphroaig's bandages.
Taste: Soft, very very sooty arrival, charcoal, cold put out fire, lots of ash, an orange slice covered in ash, grapefruit, malty, a little lemon, a small floral note, scented candle, waxy, spearmint, building spice and a puff of peat smoke into the finish.
Water: Sooty, cold, empty warehouse, blackened walls, ash, burnt Hessian, burnt down abandoned building, a burnt down flower museum?! Some oak going into the finish.
Finish: Long length. Softly fruity, the smoke fades. Orange and grapefruit. Longer and sootier with water.
David Cover Jul 10, 2016
