Tasting Notes
Nose Rich and complex, featuring sweet peat, salt, citrus (lemon/orange zest, grapefruit), fresh grass, herbs, vanilla, eucalyptus, farmy notes, fresh hay, marzipan, smoke, creosote, crispy fish skin, coal soot, lime pickle, olive oil dressing, smoked leather, curry paste, onions caramelising, aromatic, coastal, trawler in the harbour, wet dog, wet hay, aniseed, camphor, fuel oil, oily, leathery, smooth plastic, after-rain in a forest.
Palate Powerful, with strong but balanced peat, alongside sour citruses, green apple peel, salt, creamy vanilla, peat smoked apple cores, poached pears in salted stock syrup, sooty anise, anjelica, green herbs, creamy, soapy mouthfeel, smoked tofu with wasabi peas, punchy, smoked 'stuff', mint, smoked tea, liquorice, kippers, straightforward, no burnt rubber. With water, it gets fruitier, on dried pears and earl grey tea. Earthy peat, gentle spices, refined minerality, smoky, delicate malty sweetness, burnt caramel, plum skins, tarry, mocha/coffee, tart, tannic.
Finish Long, gradually drying, with lingering sweet peat, sour citrus, and a touch of tea. More sooty peat smoke, freshness, spice, fruit, anjelica, apples, pears, aniseed, white pepper, lime, elderflower, wasabi, green herbs, lime marmalade. Dry, smoky, liquorice root. Tart, smokey, oily, salty, charred, with a puff of smoke like a coastal bonfire. Overall: Robert Graham 1874: Rich and complex, sweet peat, salt, citrus, fresh grass, herbs, vanilla, eucalyptus, farmy notes, marzipan, smoke. Powerful taste with balanced peat, sour citruses, green apple peel, salt, creamy vanilla. Long, drying finish with lingering sweet peat, sour citrus, tea.
HTFW: Elegant and almost creamy peat smoke with notes of creosote, crispy fish skin, coal soot, lime pickle, olive oil dressing, smoked leather, curry paste and onions caramelising. Palate with peat smoked apple cores, poached pears in salted stock syrup, sooty anise, anjelica, green herbs, creamy and almost soapy mouthfeel. Finish with more sooty peat smoke, freshness, spice and fruit.
Whiskyfun.com: Extremely farmy and tarry start, with high-end rubber, grassy, pumpkin soup, celery, chervil. Punchy and powerful palate with salt, smoked 'stuff', mint, smoked tea, liquorice, kippers. Straightforward palate without burnt rubber. With water, nose gets farmier, palate fruitier (dried pears, earl grey tea).
Reddit: Unmistakable citrus zest, honey, cut grass, oilskin waterproofs. Oily, leathery, smooth plastic, after-rain in a forest. Palate is marmalade, tart orange peel citrus, delicate and complex peat. Finish is tart, smokey, oily, salty, charred, coastal bonfire smoke.
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