Vanilla sponge cake, light cinnamon spice and custard on the nose. Icing sugar on the palate, with continued gentle spice, and a growing woodiness, like fresh pencil shavings.

Bacon straight away, but that then fades and gives way to warm bonfire, sweet tobacco and just a note of rubber. With more time in the glass treacle, cereal and pleasant soapiness. The palate is lead by sweet fruit and honey, then peppery heat, and an oily, woodsmoke finish. A complex and evolving whisky.