88 / 100
This has a clear push and pull: intense peat smoke, salt and iodine meet sherry sweetness, red fruits and orange. The palate keeps that contrast going with gingerbread spice, mocha and plum, while the finish turns back toward ash and dry smoke alongside sweet red berries. It sounds assertive rather than delicate, but the changing balance of savoury smoke and fruit gives the character welcome depth.
Reviewed by honeycomb.sparrow
- Nose
- Peat smoke, Iodine, Salty sea air, Red fruits, Orange, Vanilla, Sherry sweetness
- Palate
- Intense peat and smoke, Salty, Woody, Spicy gingerbread, Mocha, Plum, Barbecue notes, Cherry syrup
- Finish
- Long and lingering, Ash, Fresh peat, Sweet red berries, Dry smoke