Tasting Notes
We found this to be a fresh, coastally driven dram, with big initial impressions of laundry drying on a shoreline, plus lemon rinds, beach pebbles, flints and medical herbs. A lovely chalky, seashore vibe. With water we discovered damp grains, hot mash water, hessian, mineral salts and lemon-infused olive oil. On the palate the peat came out more assertively – a lovely heathery Orkney peat smoke with white flowers, green apple acidity, camphor and menthol balm, with touches of kelp and barbecue smoke. Reduction brought a peppery warmth, seawater, anchovy paste and light waxy notes with a suggestion of natural tar extract. This was matured for six years in a bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a first fill bourbon barrel.