Digestive biscuits covered in slices of banana, chocolate chips and a drizzle of honey. On the palate it shows from soft, sweet spice and a golden syrup finish.

Salted milk chocolate, pecans drizzled in honey, baked apples with a dusting of icing sugar. A very engaging palate, it asks to be sipped again; light and sweet at first, with malty characters of butter pastry and enduring mouthfeel.

Slightly charred hot cross bun, slathered in melting salted butter. This gives on to some pretty perfumed fruit – lychee, Asian pear, green apple. On the palate the malty note continues, along with creamy white chocolate and floral elements.

Candied orange, sweet toffee apples and notes of old, polished wood on the nose. Notes of dried fruit and molasses follow into the palate but the finish is unexpectedly dry.

Syruppy pears poached in armagnac, a touch of liquorice, lovely cinnamon spice. On the palate honey, orange oil, a gentle warmth in the finish. Generous honey and fruit remain in the mouth long after this dram has been sipped…

A very elegant nose – lots going on but beautifully balanced. Baked apple, honey, lemon zest alongside slightly more poised notes of malt, almonds and cedar wood. The first thought upon sipping is the sumptuous mouthfeel – it coats the mouth with a lovely, silky texture and brings a graceful symphony of orange fruit, sweetness … Continued

Monnochmore describe this whisky as light and fruit with a smooth, mellow taste…and who are we to argue?! Orange, sweet banana and school custard.

An initial hit of salty sweetness gives quickly on to fruit – sour feijoa, green apple. More orchard fruits on the palate, with a light burned caramel finish.