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Nose: A powerful blend of sweet port, ripe plums, and luscious red berries, sharply balanced by smoky driftwood, salt, and maritime minerals.
Palate: Creamy and sweet with plum jam and succulent red fruit, which quickly evolves into intense notes of peat smoke, chilli pepper, and sea salt.
Finish: Long, sweet, and smoky, leaving a warm impression of dark fruits, peat, and maritime spice.
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Nose: Hints of a fruity richness and spicy complexity with enticing, clean vanilla notes and tropical fruit. Dried fruits (light fruit cake with flaked almonds). Adding water brings out typical Speyside character, and makes the nose slightly more acidic. Late on, at last, greater depth and complexity: sweet, spicy and rich, finishing with dense toffee and toasted coconut.
Palate: Slow to venture forth and quite viscous straight. Cooling, then peppery and lightly charred. Growing richer, still sweet, but now with toffee and chocolate; burnt sugar on a Crème Brûlée. With water, less viscous and sweeter with almost no acidity; very pleasant and easy to drink.
Finish: Smooth, light and slightly drying, with attractive bitter chocolate notes. Not overly long, with a hint of faint smoke at the end.
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