Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Deep amber with burnished mahogany highlights; dense, viscous with very slow, oily legs. The colour of aged whisky at its finest
Nose
Museum-piece complexity — old leather, antique wood, dried roses, aged honey, faded tropical fruit (papaya, lychee), tobacco, cedar, beeswax, ancient malt. Maritime air and a hint of candle smoke. Impossibly layered
Palate
Profoundly silky — the oak is completely integrated. Dark honey, aged marmalade, dried figs, marzipan, sandalwood, old leather, gentle spice. The distillery's unpeated character shines even after four decades. Coastal minerality adds freshness that prevents any sense of over-oaking
Finish
Extraordinarily long, fading through waves of aged honey, dried fruit, antique wood, and maritime warmth. The finish evolves for minutes, finally settling on gentle leather, tobacco, and a memory of Islay sea air
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
Exceptionally rare single and multi-cask vatting — bourbon and wine casks from pre-closure era
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