Colour: Deep, rich amber. Tasting notes, undiluted: Nose: Vanilla initially with fruit – figs and dates. Slowly the sweet, phenolic aromas develop – peppered kippers and germolene. Palate: Sweet and peppery, rich fruit and sherry elements combine with the salty/ozone Islay character. A peaty, ash note surfaces. With water: Nose: Sweet, fruitcake (Christmas pudding) and [...]
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Young with real power and attack. The smoke appears from half way but is balanced by a sweet centre. Oily, rich, even salty…A young cracker. Don’t pass this up.’ Colour. Very Pale Straw. Taste. Strong, clean, aggressive in flavour, with a smooth, lightly sweet start. Finish. A medium length salt/smoky finish. scottish whisky
£38.66 | Whisky [...] Characterised by a salty tang, flavours range from citrus and pear, to vanilla, nutmeg and coconut. An ever-present hint of smoke. scottish whisky
£51.82 | Whisky over £50 | Read more… Fragrantly smoky. Perfumy, very floral. Hessian. Sea air. Astonishingly fresh, delicious, appetising, complex Perfumy start. Hint of flowering currant. Nutty. Layers of dry, black-treacle, maltiness. Smooth. Polished stone. Hard, salty, licqourice. Not that dark – just tawny. Whisky in its mid teens, I would say, but from superb sherry casks. scottish whisky
£43.38 | Whisky £25 [...] Caol Ila (pronounced ‘cull-eela’), is considered to be one of the lighter of the Islays. Medium-bodied with a rounded flavour. Pale in colour with a greenish tinge. This malt has a peaty nose, with distinct floral notes. It is described as tasting slighty of seaweed/iodine, lightly medicinal, smoky, salty, sweet with a dry peppery finish. [...] The light colour of this malt belies the richness of its character. Whilst the nose suggests a wide range of aromas, from citrus fruits to pears and a hint of peat, the palate excites even further with touches of smoke, vanilla essence, nutmeg, cinnamon and the salty tang we have come to expect from Springbank. [...] Their 18 year old is encased in a smoked brown glass bottle with dual labelling to differentiate it from the younger 12 year old sibling. Its gift tube is seaweed green in colour with a subtle but distinct illustration of Bunnahabhain’s bay on the front. This beautiful golden spirit’s nose releases honeyed nuts and a [...] Nose. Light, polished oak. Lemon, cinnamon and ginger. Palate. Assertive flavours. Sweet then suddenly dry, salty, and nutty. Finish. Long, echoing interplay of crystal-sugar sweetness and oaky dryness. Soothing. As a relatively restrained whisky, Glenkinchie stands up well to the amontillado finish. scottish whisky
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