Right, one of the first posts published in a weekend, but I will try to keep that up until Christmas. A daily sample means also in the weekend, and I don’t want to do posts with three wild guesses at once! So, here goes sample number 4

Nose:
Quite fenolic at first, with some rather intense and weird sweetness, like decaying fruit. The sherry cask is very much present with hints of wood, sherry, overripe fruit. Hints of bacon and maple syrup too.

Taste:
A very full flavour with again, the intense sweetness. Smoky, oily and reminds me very much of a couple of Caol Ilas I tasted from Gordon & MacPhail.

Finish:
The finish is long and becomes rather gentle quite quickly. It lingers for a while and gives hints of fruit, sugar syrup and honey.

It reminded me of Caol Ila, and for some reason I got quite some smoky tones that put me in the direction of the Islay distillery. Also, the flavours reminded me of the sherried single casks that have been coming out recently. Of course, I was as wrong as I could be. 0 points while I was hoping to catch up a bit…

Glen Scotia 18, Kintra Single Cask Collection, 1992-2010, 52.6%

Right, not even the region was correct, the ABV was too far off and the age as well. No points for me, but a terrific dram nonetheless. In the end, that’s what I am going for more than points (I keep telling myself this quite often). This one I regret not buying when it was available last year.