| Tasting Notes |
| Ho-cheng Yao | Golden yellow color, lot's fruity nose, tropical fruit, apple, pine apple, citrus, mixed with balanced peat. Medium body, medium finish, slightly rotten eggs and sulfur, but very mild. reminds you something from the sherry or wine casks. dilute would make it more obvious. This one is a comparing mild but heavy body one. Quite different from the current core range 10yo. |
| Tim Puett | Nose: It took over the room just from one glass. Peat, of course, though filled with much more. The sweet vanilla comes out from the ex-bourbon casks with a peppery edge followed by the smell I used to get from an opened pack of Skittles. Mixed fruits, but the type from candy, not fresh fruit!
Palate: The vanilla stands out initially, and now the pepper and peat is turning into a sweeter mix of spice and sugared lemons (kind of like adding a spoonful of sugar to the top of a lemon half, and then licking). A tinge of bitterness on the back palate as it moves towards the finish. I feel the Marsala kicking in now.
Finish: The spice and pepper are going away, leaving the peat and some bitter citrus (in a good way, if that makes sense) to linger for a bit. Longer finish than the 'Day'.
Overall: Very surprised I like it considering I haven't liked whisky from ex-Marsala before. Dr. Bill will really be testing my allegiance if he does a Tokaji Finish. :) |
| Oliver Klimek | Colour: Dark amber - Nose: Wood smoke, grapes, raisins, honey, vanilla, candied ginger and nutmeg along with a gentle sea breeze.- Palate: Peat, sweet cloying grapes, ripe banana, liquorice, treacle, nutmeg, hints of pepper. - Finish: Long, sweet and fruity, slightly spicy. - Overall: The strong Ardbeg peat is tamed by sweetness here, underlined by a light fruitiness. |
