Distillery | Ben Nevis |
Bottler | Morrison and MacKay |
Serie | Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited Edition |
Bottled for | X |
Distilled date | 2015 |
Bottling date | 2020 |
Country | Scotland |
Region | Speyside |
Age | 4 |
Cask Type | Sherry Hogsheads |
Cask Number | X |
Alcohol percentage | 47,5 |
Volume | 0,70 |
Condition | In original container |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
There are also small-batch versions of this make. It takes guts to bottle these kinds of youngsters, if you ask me. Colour: gold. Nose: capeesh, it's a full-peater. Remember peat tends to erase (or rather mask) immaturity. In truth this works rather beautifully on the nose, with a feeling of mezcal and white Jamaican rum that's only complemented with abundant peat and ashes. And olives, gherkins, butterscotch and just roots. Rather impressed, I am. With water: it takes water extremely well. A young Ian Thorpe. Grist, flour, ashes, coal smoke, hold on, and bananas! … Mouth (neat): rather hugely smoky, fresh, reminding me of top young Caol Ila with these bountiful ashes. Lemons, naturally. With water: very good and certainly coastal. No coast no peat! Finish: once again, only the finish is a tad bitter and kind of pungent. Salty aftertaste, with lemons. Comments: of course they know what they're doing. Granted, this is not Laph**aig 30 years old, but it is already extremely quaffable. Worth trying in any case