Benriach Solstice 15 Year

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My Tasting Note: Nose: Shropshire blue cheese leaps out immediately on the nose; musty old oak, chocolate sauce, heather honey, moist tobacco and sweet fragrant smoke; the effect is like going into a dunnage warehouse at Bowmore or Lagavulin and being overwhelmed with the aromas of damp earth, musty oak, salt and the sweet nectar of maturing whisky; Palate: living up to the glorious aromas on the nose the palate is bombarded with heavy peat, smoke and a medicinal tinge; rum raisins and chocolate cake take a stand against the finest Dominican cigar smoke; massively earthy there are undertones of liquid honey and vanilla ice cream, but they must struggle to be heard over the brutish peat; Finish: big and very smoky, the after taste is that of a fine cigar mingled with unsweetened dark chocolate; the finish is long and smoky with a somewhat medicinal tinge. ml