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Elements of Islay Peat & Sherry KWM Cask

Elements of Islay Peat & Sherry KWM Cask

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One of our most exciting new exclusive bottlings is a peated and heavily sherried Blended Islay Malt Scotch whisky from the Elements of Islay. The whisky was blended at birth and matured 9 years in a single Sherry Hogsghead cask before bottling at 55.4%. 88pts Whiskybase

500 ml
Region:Scotland > Islay

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: dark, rich and peaty; treacle sauce and sticky toffee pudding; dark chocolate infused with smoky bacon; brandy soaked Christmas cake and loads of dark fruits; salted caramel and spicy mole sauce.

Palate: a surge of big tarry peat, salted caramel and more spicy mole sauce; rough new leather, cigar tobacco and crisp spices: all spice, clove and cayenne; dark chocolate with chili oil and smoky bacon; chewy malt, medicinal smoke and dry nutty sherry tones.

Finish: long, coating and drying; big spices, tarry peat, dark chocolate, tobacco and all sorts of intense nutty sherry notes.

Comment: this is an unapologetic intense smoky sherry bomb; a beast of a whisky and very good value.

86pts Whisky Fun

"Peat & Sherry (55.4%, Elements of Islay, Canada exclusive, Kensington Wine Market, sherry hogshead, cask #47, 475 bottles, 2020)  [Four stars]
I find it pretty cool that some Canadian bottling would end up in Alsace. But it's true that we've always got special relations, since WWI. Having said that, I'll have to work on my Canadian whiskies, but I'm sure my dear friend Davin would help. Anyway, this is Scottish, not Canadian… Colour: red amber. Nose: rather oak than sherry at first, ground coffee, walnut stain, teak oil, stuff like that. Chestnut honey and Guinness. No real lace at this point, but let's go on… (by the way, do you know Alice Cooper's sweet record 'Lace and Whiskey'? Check it out). With water: wood, 'an afternoon at Ikea's', pinecones, hot chocolate, embrocations… Mouth (neat): thickish, tarry, heavy, oily and ridden with liquorice and pine-y stuff. Maybe a tad challenging, maybe rather for the great wide open, as Tom Petty would have said. With water: softer, more on chocolate and black teas. I like it better at +/-45% vol. Finish: long, on salted chocolate and lemon. There's also something Demerara-y. Comments: this heavy baby slaps your cheeks but give it some of your time and you'll become friends. Perhaps would I have named it 'Sherry & Peat' instead... SGP:466 - 86 points."

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