A different shade of peat

$125

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Flavour Profile:

Peated
Age:

9 years
Region:

Highland, Northern
Cask:

Second-fill charred American oak hogshead
ABV:

57.2%
VOL:

700mL

Notes

About A different shade of peat: We love Speyside peat these days, and this is one our go-to distilleries for a worthwhile exploration. In this particular cask’s case, you’re going to encounter the telltale freshness and cool campfire smoke of mainland peat before being pulled to the sea for a spell. A touch of the coast and a hit of camphor adds to the intrigue.

Tasting Panel Note: We found this one immediately bright and smoky, with a chiseled, bone-dry peat profile. There was also a wonderful coastal edge that brought persistent freshness, brittle smoke, bubblegum, aniseed distillate and bath salts. We all really enjoyed this one! With water it maintained this sharp and salty balance, but added in notes of salted peanuts, seawater, grapefruit and charred pineapple. The neat palate was superbly clean, sharp and pristinely peaty, with a big streak of medicine in the form of bandages and ointments. With water it got surprisingly waxier in texture, along with a 'farmier' profile and a broader, richer peat flavour. We noted camphor, lanolin, pickling brine and malt vinegar.

USA allocation: 90 bottles