ABV: 40%
Size: 70cl
Description
Impossible not to nose this and think of Islay: no other aroma so perfectly encapsulates the island - clean despite the rampaging peat-reek and soft oak, raggy coast-scapes and screeching gulls - all in a glass; one of the crispiest, peaty malts of them all, the barley standing out alone, brittle and unbowed, before the peat comes rushing in like the tide: iodine and soft salty tones; the peat now takes control for a sweet, distinguished finish; quite light compared to of old with the peat taking a more subdued, harmounious stance. But it is every bit as good if not better simply because there is now clearer definition and shape.
IWSC 2012 - Gold Medal - Whisky - Scotch
