82 / 100
Maple syrup, vanilla and toasty oak suggest a sweet opening, while the palate adds toffee and corn sweetness around a richer texture. Oak runs through both sections and leads the long finish, where some sweetness lingers. I like the way those sweeter notes have a firm oak counterpoint; it gives this whisky more to consider than sweetness alone. For my fruit-focused taste, that oak-and-sweetness relationship is less immediately appealing than a clear fruit character would be, but it is still a coherent one. The mature oak on the finish may be the deciding feature for someone choosing between a wood-led whisky and a sweeter one.
Reviewed by busstop compass
- Nose
- Maple syrup, Vanilla, Toasty oak
- Palate
- Rich texture, Vanilla, Toffee, Oak, Corn sweetness
- Finish
- Long, mature oak-led finish, Lingering sweetness