| Color: |
Light amber and gold with hints of
amber and straw. |
| Nose: |
Aromatically very sweet,
smokey and peaty with pungent aspects of cream, vanilla, and seaweed after
a storm. |
| Flavor: |
Extremely powerful sweet
smooth smokey experience accompanied by the mellow salty aspects of a
Scottish winter tumult. Hints of spice, lingering cream, and vanilla. |
| Finish: |
So very long, smokey,
and powerful. Extremely smooth and mellow along with light touches of
peat, spice, almonds, and salt. |
| Brief Comment: |
One of the most complex and satisfying
drams ever. Absolutely elegant nectar from Isla! |
| Score: |
95 |
| Color: |
Golden honey, and amber with tinges
of straw. |
| Nose: |
Creamy inviting citrus.
Sweet of brown sugar fried in butter, vanilla, caramel, and toffee. A
hint of ethanol.. |
| Flavor: |
Quite sweet, creamy, and
lightly salty. Clean, peaty, herbal, with a nutty bite of powerful lingering
undertones. |
| Finish: |
Long, sweet, smooth, salty,
and spicy. Creamy with a warmth that transitions to an oaky memory but
having a bit of bitterness unaligned with the overall experience. |
| Brief Comment: |
“Oh yeah baby”-------a
very enjoyable dram. |
| Score: |
87 |
| Color: |
Mahogany, dark amber, and copper. |
| Nose: |
Penetrating, spirity,
sweet, vanilla, honey, rum soaked raisins and toffee. Complex elements
of orange and over ripe apricots and plums. |
| Flavor: |
Complex, pungent, sweet
fruit, and chocolate. Peaty, with elements of acorns, musty fortified
muscatel, and burnt cork. |
| Finish: |
A couple of days beyond
long, spikey, and warm. Medicinal with elements of sweet toffee and caramel.
Spirity. |
| Brief Comment: |
Wonderful combination of aggression
and complexity. Unique and distinctive. |
| Score: |
89 |
| Color: |
Golden amber with honey and butterscotch
tones |
| Nose: |
Very strong sweet, caramel,
vanilla, and malty aspects with suggestion of citrus, butter, heather
and peat |
| Flavor: |
Quite complex and honey
sweet. Lightly salty, smokey, creamy and herbal. Sweeping perfume of thorny
Scotland |
| Finish: |
Very long. Lightly salty,
sweet, and smooth with elegant encompassing hints of spice and caramel |
| Brief Comment: |
Distinctive and rounded ---- a great
malt. One of the best 12 year olds |
| Score: |
91 |
| Color: |
Amber; light orange, honey gold, red
twig dogwood. |
| Nose: |
Sweet, floral, vanilla,
and citrus with hints of burnt orange, creamy butter, and orange blossoms. |
| Flavor: |
Pungent, oaky and very
sweet; aspects of rough heather and musty burnt orange |
| Finish: |
Fairly short, spicy and
tangy. A bit harsh. |
| Brief Comment: |
Lacking in complexity and fascination
but a nice uncomplicated dram nonetheless. |
| Score: |
78 |
| Color: |
Golden honey a notch below amber,
a trace of copper. |
| Nose: |
Pungent honey sweetness
accompanied by floral hints of vanilla and salt. |
| Flavor: |
Complex, sweet, pungent,
and spicy with faint aspects of vanilla, pepper, caramel, and smoke. |
| Finish: |
Medium to long, sweet,
sharp, and pungent. |
| Brief Comment: |
An unremarkable dram. This was especially
the case because it was overpriced. |
| Score: |
76 |
| Color: |
Rich amber with aspects of light honey,
gold and orange |
| Nose: |
Distinctive creamy sweet
vanilla, with mild hints of butter, orange, and citrus |
| Flavor: |
Well balanced, quite sweet,
(citrus) fruity, creamy, and nutty |
| Finish: |
Of moderate length, smooth
with hints of cream, vanilla, nut, and spice |
| Brief Comment: |
A fine, honest, enjoyable malt, but
not close to the Balvenie 15 |
| Score: |
84 |
| Color: |
Light golden amber with tinges of
10k gold, straw, and chocolate |
| Nose: |
A smokey, peaty wave of
power; salty, with hints of cream, seaweed, and grapefruit |
| Flavor: |
Very salty, peaty and
smokey; oak; accompanied by hints of sweet, spice, and cream |
| Finish: |
Elegant, full, long and
strong; complex with tangy elements of cream, spice, and salt |
| Brief Comment: |
A fantastic 10 year old---- really
exceptional----- farewell scarce Lagavulin |
| Score: |
90 |
