53.140 Swelling, crashing waves of flavour

Cask No. 53.140

The teasing side of the nose had light perfume fragrances, candied angelica in ice-cream and lemon and lime; the other side had coal tar soap, Germolene, smoke and sea-water. Swelling, crashing waves of flavour pounded the palate – smoke, tar, liquorice allsorts, popcorn husks and Fisherman’s Friends; also some lemon, mint and hay, with a sweetish finish (sugar-coated fennel seeds). The reduced nose had even more citric sharpness, joined by shampoo, shoe polish and astringent bark aromas. The reduced palate had leather, dry grass and liquorice-flavoured jelly beans with endless whorls of sweet light smoke. From the biggest distillery on Islay.

Drinking Tip: After a swim in the sea

Date Distilled: January 1992 Colour: Peeled Twigs Age: 16 years Cask Type: Refill hogshead ex Bourbon