Nose: juicy plums, oily mahogany, and elegant drinks cabinets. We also find stains of melted milk chocolate on a beige leather sofa, and pressed dried dates. Despite the light colour, those notes suggest a beautiful Sherry maturation, with even gum drops and a dash of tame coffee. The second nose seems earthier, with pan-fried mushrooms and clay floors, spring humus and amchoor powder. The fruits and chocolate collide to give us oily pralines, but that is subdued. Mouth: here, it is suede, soft and velvety, yet accompanied by a subtle strength. Indeed, underneath that veneer of suede, we see cured plums, oily mahogany, and teak, and the pale bitterness that comes with the latter two. The second sip has decaying cubes of Galia melon, as well as a pine-flavoured gel (even if it is far from Gocce Pino levels) or liqueur. It has a faintly-bitter lick of green-citrus peel too, once more pretty subdued, and lime-filled milk-chocolate PiM's. Finish: Fino-like, perhaps? No, it is less dry. Fruity and mineral, it is also sweeter and darker than a Fino, in the finish. Amontillado, maybe? Irrespective, the finish has off-dry green grapes (Thurgau or Müller, to say something), yet also fresh pasta filled with Ricotta, with pressed prunes, sultanas, and white-wine-soaked nectarines. Repeated sipping brings about a strong sense of gulping lime-flavoured PiM's again, something that ends up in the spotlight, hogging all the attention. Green grapes come back towards the death ((Dry) Chenin Blanc), hand in hand with blanched hazelnuts and a delicate cigar (Petit Corona Blond). This is a delicious sipper (and quite the bargain, it turns out).
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Superb service, received inside two days. Great seller!
Product arrived promptly, exceptional service again. Wow, this stuff is good. What a bargain for the price tag, mind boggling how Signatory are able to do this.
Edradour may be the hidden gem of malts but this is a hidden gem in their line up. Dark, complex and satisfying, don't hesitate for a second, this is not to be missed at this price point.
Initial Smokey smell then a hint of pear drop.
Tried it without water and it had a sharp burning sensation on the palate as you would expect at this strength but once you added water the sharpness mellowed and the sweet vanilla taste came through.
A lovely dram.