Color: Orange gold with a hint of yellow sun.
Legs: Slow to form, medium large, medium fast to fall.
Nose: Lots of honey. Some raisins and cinnamon. Good citrus from orange. Fresh baked biscuits (malt).
Palate: Still sweet. Lots of malt and some tropical fruits up front, with a really nice hidden smoke that comes through midway through the taste. The smokiness isn't too-peaty, it's nice. A nod to what what smokier whisky brings.
Finish: The finish comes a bit quickly and is very dry, but after a beat of nothingness, a raisin-y sweetness comes back wearing a peat cape in to really finish up nicely and save the day.
Overall: This is a really nice drinker. It's refreshing and clean. There's no cloying aftertaste. It develops nicely, and hits many different notes all of them well. It doesn't blow me away, but the way this whisky bring its disparate parts together in such a harmonious and succinct way is great. It's a little less smoke than Johnnie Black, but not in a bad way. I feel it's a better blend. It reminds me a bit of Chivas 12, though mixed with some Glenfiddich for the raisins and some Highland Park for that type of smoke. I would totally buy this again, and would feel fine serving it to even the most discriminating drinker.
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750 ml |
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Currently Out of Stock |
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IW |
