Single Cask Malts
''Admiral of the Sea''(Campbeltown 1970)
8.5/10 **** Price per bottle
(...)''A superb dram combining fruit and spice in the most elegant way.''
(Whisky Magazine (Issue 67))
''Chocolate Heaven''(Speyside 1995)
8/10 **** Price per bottle
(...)''Another pleasant dram. Has this friendly, straightforward invite. To be served slightly chilled with a fruit desert''
(Whisky Magazine (Issue 67))
''Coconut Cream''(Speyside 1990)''
8/10 **** Price per bottle
(...)''A very well wrapped present! Fresh, cheery, with a charming combination of fruity and floral flavours. Luscious''
(Whisky Magazine (Issue 67))
''Dried Fruit Basket''(Speyside 1993)
*** (...)''It is a 1993 distillation
(actually a Glenrothes), and offers a nose of fresh fruits,
principally peaches, honey and wild flowers in a hay meadow.
Large, mouth-filling, spicy and bold on the palate.''
(Gavin Smith on www.whisky-pages.com)
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Blended Malts
''Spice King''
Nose: Freshly cut apples, white pepper, orange sorbet,
blackberry jam, and cold roast lamb.
Palate: Berry fruits, dark chocolate sauce and
then a dryish harissa spice.
Comments: Unusual, and composed of many distinct elements
that mesh well together.
(Whisky Magazine (Issue59))
''Spice King''
84/100(...)
''Excellent spices very late on..''’’
(Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2007)
''Smooth Gentleman''
83/100 (...)
''the malts tuck into the tastebud with aplomb showing some sticky barley sugar along the way''
(Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2007)
''Peat Chimney''
80/100 (...)
''does have some excellent spicy/toffee moments''
(Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2007)
''Peat Chimney''
***(...)
''the peat makes its presence felt as the whisky stands in its glass.
The palate immediately brings to mind the Skye malt Talisker,
with its peat, earth and pepper characteristics,
and there a hint of ginger too,
late in the extremely lengthy finish.''
(Gavin Smith on www.whisky-pages.com)