By Scotchwhisky.com
NOSE
Mellow and more aromatic than the original MDR with dried pineapple, peach and some farmyard funkiness – rain-dampened hay, animal stalls – in the background. All this sits behind stewed rhubarb, light barley sugar and a predominant oloroso Sherry note in its pleasingly sweaty cheese rind/walnut/sultana guise. At the back palate there’s some After Eight mintiness.
PALATES
lightly dumb at the start. You have to hold this in the mouth, then it begins to move into bracken, then light dried fruits and a light balancing bitterness and, just before it slips away, some oiliness.FINISHLightly oily and long.
CONCLUSION
A smaller selection of individual casks are used here, but with the ex-Sherry having the upper hand. Better palate structure and a slight burliness. For me it’s at its best undiluted.
RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
Early evening tapas bar with a long night ahead.
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