86 / 100
There’s a compelling contrast here: restrained smokiness sits alongside wax, oil-lamp character and smoked beef jerky, rather than dominating the nose. The palate’s light-yet-mouth-coating quality is an especially interesting turn, with meaty notes meeting mint chocolate. The finish shifts toward rosemary funk, ash, pine and citrus. Mustiness is part of the described character, so this won’t read as a tidy, straightforward smoke-led malt; that unusual mix is what makes the notes appealing to me.
Reviewed by teacup_notebook
- Nose
- Waxy, oil lamp, day-old rained-out campfire, restrained smokiness, smoked beef jerky, leather furniture, musty.
- Palate
- Meaty, mint chocolate; somehow simultaneously light, but full and mouth-coating.
- Finish
- Velvety lamb and rosemary funk, ash, woodsy pine, some citrus.