The unreduced nose was curiously complex – vanilla ice-cream and creamy toffee
a lovely sweet spice filled the air like being in a kitchen where plenty of Indian dishes were being cooked
smoked salted butter and old fashioned straw pressed cider
mustard powder and a tempestuous collision of pure peat smoke
The going was calm and smooth as we crossed intensely orange lakes with aromas that veered towards smoked marmalade with ginger
Cask No. 84.35 Irish Whiskey The unreduced nose was curiouslyCask No. 84. 35 The panel's pun polestar Speyside, Spey Please limit one (1) bottle per member The nose wafted elusive scents of blackcurrant flowers, tinned lychees and cigarette packets but mainly it offered sultanas, dates and figs, custard tarts, maple syrup and orange boxes. Orange notes dominated the palate Grand Marnier and clove studded orange in mulled wine plus barley sugars and cinnamon balls, with toasted oak, liquorice and tobacco on the