Cask No. 33.140 France The nose opened with toasty

The nose opened with toasty wood embers

lemon meringue pie and lime sorbet

coal cellars

burnt twigs

dried herb mix and old chartreuse

Cask No. 33.140 France The nose opened with toastyA deep and distinctly peaty nose as expected, we agreed but this example of the cult southern Islay make really did brim with peat embers, burning gorse wood, coal tar, smoked paprika and spiced beef stroganoff. Fathomless and massive. With water we got sweeter tones of soy sauce, charred meats, black bean sauce and nori, plus touches of dunnage funk, along with rock pools and creosote. The palate was superbly carbolic and peaty, like sipping cask