Nose has moderate cherry/berry scents, dijon mustard, tinge of smoke, chocolate. Palate -- ooh -- chocolate, toffee, and that mustard/spice/smoke thing. Medium-sweetness. Quite rich without being too much of anything. There's also something in the background that tastes like I'm chewing on carnations. Hey, I really like this! Finish is long, where the smoke emerges more and sticks around longest, with a little black pepper. Gets dryer in a way that's a nice contrast to the palate. Reveals different characteristics on every few sips. B+/A-
N: Candy corn, brown sugar, lightly floral, and some herbal notes on the exhale (after drinking). P: Buttery, fruity, and sweet with a gingery peat registering later with some salty tartness. F: This is where the peat really comes out, but it's still delicate (and tasty). Finishes dry and refreshing, I dig this a lot.
Nose: Malt forward with a bit of glue or solvent; some slight smoke at the back which grows stronger until it dominates...sort of a smoked fish type of smoke.
Palate: Light peat, sweet malty notes with some fruit on the back and a bit of oak.
A nice, lightly peated malt with good balance of sweetness, peat and malt. B+/A-
Upon the reveal: wow, shocked that this is 30 years old, still very vibrant and even young seeming, very few older, oaky notes to it.
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