89 / 100
The pleasure here is the clear tug between rich sweetness and coastal smoke: vanilla custard and malt syrup on one side, earthy peat and salt on the other. Neither seems to crowd out the other, which makes this sound more inviting than a smoke-first dram. The high strength brings peppery heat, but the notes describe it as measured rather than forceful. A layered, confidently smoky single malt, with enough sweetness to keep the conversation friendly.
Reviewed by SunbeamRadio
- Nose
- Sweet malt and creamy vanilla custard, Toasted coconut and butterscotch, Citrus peel and green melon, Gentle peat smoke with a salty Atlantic breeze
- Palate
- Vanilla milkshake, Scottish tablet and warm custard tart, Pear drops and malt syrup, Dry, earthy smoke, with salinity cutting through the sweetness
- Finish
- Dry minerality, lingering peat smoke and warm embers, Maritime salt and soft char