Spicy dried fruit, creamy vanilla, orange peel, green apple and cut flowers. Intense and complex palate: fruit cake, sticky toffee and seasoned leather followed by honey and lemons, leading eventually to a long finish full of spice and sweetness.

The first thing that strikes you about this whisky is its colour: it is so light, a first clue at the delicate nature of the dram. Sweet vanilla up front, with light, fresh apple and runny honey. The palate is elegant, too, even though the peatsmoke begins to intensify. More vanilla throughout is balanced by … Continued