The sweet wine softens the distillate, but it finishes nicely with a lovely sweet, salty and sour profile and salted dried fruits splashed with balsamic…
A very different Ardbeg: thick and oily, balanced by salted citrus, with pepper and chilli emerging into a long, medicinal finish.
Magnificent aromas of camphor, tar, kumquats, bergamot and seaweed lead to a sharp, medicinal palate and a long, lemony finish.
A pure Ardbeg for Ardbeggites, delivering powerful tar, medicinal smoke, salty bitterness and a fresh, full-bodied finish.
A sublime, orange-led whisky with layers of citrus, orange blossom, panettone and resinous pine sap, maintaining remarkable balance throughout.
A sweet, floral nose gives way to a rough, spirity palate that genuinely needs water, leaving the reviewer good but disappointed.
The nose remains more or less acceptable, but the palate is fairly horrible, dominated by lavender, violet, soap and supermarket eau de toilette.
An ultra-classic Bowmore: exuberant yet introspective, with stewed apple, exotic fruit, citrus, maritime notes and a measured, elegant finish.
A pure, magnificent Bowmore: seawater, lemon juice, top-notch minerality and millimetric peat, finishing long and very salty.
Deeply moving and very beautiful, this fragile whisky offers smoked buttercream, salty spikes, old raki, smoked ham and stale white pepper.
Pinpoint salty exotic fruits are absolutely magnificent, with peppery, smoky maracuja, pink grapefruit and a medicinal, camphory finish.
Aberlour Triple Cask
Absolutely excellent and easy-going, this Japanese malt balances orange blossom honey, subtle smoke, citrus fruits and orange marmalade with elegant cedarwood…
An excellent young whisky with pretty fruitiness, apples, vanilla, quince, meadow honey and beeswax, finishing long, clean and citrusy.
A palate of candied orange, Corinth raisins and chilli gives way to a long finish of walnuts with honeyed and lemony touches.
A sheer delight of fresh resinous woods, vanilla, gentle mint and grapefruit, with candied lemon, fir buds and honey on the palate.
An intelligently restrained blend with candle wax, white bread, kirsch, pear eau-de-vie, and sauvignon-blanc-like notes, it’s extremely good despite its obvious…
A fresh, lemony, razor-sharp whisky with barley and green tea, praised for its ultra-precise, clean style and restrained vanilla.
