13 years old, distilled 4th October 2001, 56.2% abv, refill ex-bourbon barrel, 207 bottles

The nose is very light - sugar icing, dessicated raspberries and strawberries. The mouth-feel is warm but slight. The body is vanilla, glacé cherries, and a little bit of fresh cardboard. The finish is sweet citrus - lemon with a touch of vanilla.

Water brings tight thing mottling that lingers very nicely, but quickly disappears. The nose now has mango and melon alongside some vanilla. The body has the dessicated raspberries and strawberries from the original nose, alongside a light toffee and some honeycomb. The finish is unchanged.

A superb touchline dram. Assuming you can smuggle it into a decent game, that is...

3.5/5