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"The nosing finds dry grainy notes with background scents of dried flowers and parchment, and deeper fragrances of light toffee, almond paste and yellow fruit. Entry is oily, buttery and semisweet; the whisky dazzles at midpalate with layered flavors of brown butter, cooking oil, barley malt and oatmeal cookie underpinned by the single malt foundation. Concludes smoky, satiny and ultra-sophisticated." 90-95 pts.

A whopping 90% malt and 10% grain whisky. Soft with the oak remarkably restrained for its age. Soothingly sweet, with toffee apple, vanilla-spiked sponge cake, nougat, butterscotch, sultana, and cut grass. A peppering of cinnamon and coconut throughout, with teasing, gentle polished oak on the finish. Deftly balanced and oh so drinkable.

"70% malt; 30% grain. The bouquet is lean and svelte with scents of hemp, wheat kernel, crackers and dry breakfast cereal. The palate entry is fuller and sweeter than the bouquet indicated; the midpalate reminds me of baked bread with herbs and seeds, like rosemary and caraway. Finishes dry and keenly sappy." 90-95 pts.