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Chris Goodrum (Gauntleys)

The nose opens with a lovely depth of rich, mature orange laced honey and creamy American oak. Excellent complexity with some gentle smoke, a hint of peat, iodine and a sprinkling of demarara sugar and cocoa powder. It’s a seriously malty nose with the sweet cereal/ grain note adding a touch of bite, but held in check by the malt. With time the oak moves into a serious caramelised caramel overdrive.

The soft, sweet malt hits the palate first followed by the creamy oak. Rich and weighty in the mouth with no shortage of demarara flecked fruit before some gentle peat arrives on the middle, before the malt, demarara, vanilla and cocoa wade back in. All the while the gorgeous honey creates a backdrop. The crisp, yet sweet grain can be sensed rather than tasted until the very end when it is accented by some dry wood spices and a suggestion of smoke. A beautifully crafted blend.