The bottle did not disappoint! Fabulous service in reaching it to me on time
After spending £135 on whisky on numerous occasions, the free samples I have received amounted to 14-15ml! I didn't know whether to pour them into a glass or on to a spoon. Hardly enough to establish what it's really like. Also the QR codes didn't work so I had no idea what I was drinking. MoM's free sample I received is 35ml and is labelled with the whisky and ABV. Come on invest in some larger sample bottles and ditch the QR codes unless they work.
Tasty whisky. 14yo M delivered at a great price. Well done Signatory vintage.
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!