A confectioner’s delight; Fry’s Five Centres, lime, lemon, kumquat, iced buns, fresh mint, and crushed cardamom that matches the chocolate aromas. Those re-charred, rejuvenated casks are very much in evidence here. It has a gilded, satiny sheen, glistening with lemon drizzle cake, butterscotch, orange matchsticks, and banana bread. Incontrovertibly, it inhabits a signature grain style, but it fizzles out with a sticky, sweet aftertaste, like licking the spoon from the icing bowl. (Winter 2014) Reviewed by: Jonny McCormickPale golden/straw yellow color. Smells of dried banana, dried pineapple, saltine cracker, new leather, beeswax, wheat cereal, toasted almond. Taste profile is deeply grainy, kernel-like, tart, lean bordering on austere, lightly toasted. Finishes slightly sweeter than the midpalate, toastier, resiny, woody.
Whisky Advocate - 87 08/19/2014
Ultimate Beverage Challenge - 89 03/22/2015
