- Nose
- Intense smoky peat aroma, balanced by notes of dried fruit, citrus, and spices like cinnamon and vanilla, with subtle hints of leather and ash. It presents as a young, peated malt with a light maritime character, salty, sour, dairy, green, and plastic notes, with fruit hidden behind the peat. Main aromas include malted barley, salted caramel, cold smoke, wet mud, forest floor, grass, yeast, salted fish/bacon, tart apple, grapefruit, gooseberry, lemon, plastic, herbs de Provence, cardboard boxes, white chocolate, mint, and nutmeg.
- Palate
- Bold and smoky, with dominant peat smoke layered over dried fruit, caramel, dark chocolate, and spice. Hints of leather, aromatic herbs, and black pepper emerge. It is young, with a mix of bitter, sweet, sour, salty, and green notes, a little rubber and PVC pipes, and is remarkably dry with noticeable alcohol. Main flavors include malted barley, salted caramel, cold smoke, wet earth, brine, salted fish/bacon, wet newspaper, wet rocks/sand, lemon, mandarin, gooseberry, grapefruit, tart apple, herbs de Provence, camembert, yeast, and pepper.
- Finish
- Long and persistent, offering a pleasant warming sensation. The smoky notes linger, joined by a slightly salty edge that brings freshness. Dark chocolate and sweet spices round out the finish. It is middle-long, with a mix of sweet, bitter, sour, and salty notes, and the alcohol is very present, remaining quite dry and young until the end. Notes of malted barley, salty caramel, vanilla, salted almonds, cold smoke, wet mud, wet rocks/sand, wet newspaper, iodine, soot, rubber, ashes, PVC pipes, stewed apples, grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, gooseberry, dried herbs de Provence, dusty oak, salted bacon/fish, camembert, tobacco, white chocolate, pepper, nutmeg, and mint are present.
