Description
On the nose: Bright on first smell. Loud and punchy. Some youth, I imagine, is coming through initially on the nose. Reminds me of nail polish remover used by my wife. As it settles, you can pick out some citrus in the form of orange and a little lemon. There’s a dusting of icing sugar on top of some shortbread biscuits, with some vanillas and honeys. Slight toasted oak there. A little malty, too. It is very spirit driven to me. A tiny hint of clove in there, too. It honestly tastes like someone handed me a hot whisky trying to battle off an annoying head cold. Adding a drop of water and the dominating vapour calms a little. More of the lemon comes through and sugary malt. Not much else in the way of change.In the mouth: Again, the brightness and spirit forward nature comes right at you on first sip. Tingly at the tip of my tongue. Quite astringent and hot. A nice light mouthfeel overall. Taste lingers ever so slightly but the youthful nature of this falls off eventually. A deep breath after the sip and I can feel a lot of alcohol vapour persist. It rounds out and brings some of that flavour. All the vanillas and oak on the nose carries through on the taste. Some hidden pear drop sweets in there too. Some of that French oak at play here I’d suggest. Reminds me of a Glenlivet Nádurra I once had that used French Oak. A very young whisky. Again, that orange blast. I’m surprised some of that Dailuaine and Clynelish meatiness and thickness isn’t coming through on the palate.A drop of water in this flattened the taste out. Quite thin now on the tongue and the taste falls off a cliff
