[Quick review] Torabhaig - Sound of Sleat 46%
There is some fantastic whisky coming out of Skye, and it's not from the Talisker distillery...! Distillery: Torabhaig Bottler: Distillery Age: NAS Distilled: n/a Bottled: 2025 Cask: American Oak Abv: 46% Unchillfiltered: Yes Natural Colour: Yes Nb of bottles: n/a Price: £58 Extra: Chapter 4 of the Legacy Series, made up of lightly smoked concerto and laureate barley My tasting notes: Nose: Fresh malted barley, vanilla sweetness, warming peat, seaweed and a pinch of salt, hints of yellow fruit, peach, honey. This is quality! Palate: Thick and creamy, sweet and smoky, caramel, honey, vanilla, some green slightly herbaceous notes with coriander and thyme, some oak spice too, black pepper and more seaweed/iodine. This is very good! Finish: Ashy bonfire, more vanilla sweetness, lasting warmth, bitter coffee, drying oak tannin, sea breeze. Wow! With water: The nose gets some more herbs notes with the...