87 / 100
There’s a pleasing restraint to the character described here: fresh orchard fruit and soft malt lead into ripe apple, sweet cereal and polished oak, with pepper bringing a little lift. The Amontillado cask is part of the whisky’s identity, but the notes keep the focus on familiar fruit, malt and spice rather than making the cask do all the talking. That balance sounds appealing to me, especially the clean malty finish against lingering sweetness.
Reviewed by bluehour.sparrow
- Nose
- Fresh orchard fruit, Honey, Vanilla, Soft malt, Lively oak spice
- Palate
- Sweet cereal, Ripe apple, Caramel, Pepper, Polished oak
- Finish
- Lingering sweetness, Gentle spice, Clean malty note