Tasting Panel Notes

About Fireworks on Orkney: Our celebratory bottle for July 4th gives us classic ‘heather & honey’ peat and a hint of smoke that is an instant crowd pleaser. Big spice, oak and vanilla combine with beach bonfire and sauteed scallops in butter for a spectacular display of flavor. 

Tasting Panel Note: We combined selected eight-year-old casks from this distillery, then returned the single malt into various casks to develop further. This is one of those. The nose combined clover honey and heather flowers with bonfire embers, seared padron peppers and barbecued shellfish. The palate’s intense, fiery whack of perfumed smoke, burnt lavender and woodfire ash also suggested lime, vanilla, cumin and pungent oak. On the reduced nose, we gathered driftwood from a rocky shore, toasted marshmallows on the fire and enjoyed stargazy pie with pumpernickel bread. The palate had burnt toast, chalk and tulips, olive oil cake and salty margaritas. Funky but fun.

USA allocation: 235 bottles