Content with the tag: smooth

Caol Ila 18 Years

Extra age­ing has calmed the impact of the phe­nols, with the peat arriv­ing on the palate late, and tem­pered by smooth oak. A very mel­low, mature Islay malt.

Bunnahabhain 12 Years

A very lightly-peated malt that serves as per­haps the mildest intro­duc­tion to the Islay style. Flo­ral and fruity tones dom­i­nate with the peat influ­ence in the back­ground. The main base for the splen­did ‘Black Bot­tle’ blend. Gen­tle and smooth with…

Lagavulin Distillery

Lagavulin Dis­tillery is located on the island of Islay. It has a pow­er­ful, peat-smoke aroma. Described as being robustly full bod­ied, well-balanced and smooth with a slight sweet­ness on the palate.

The stan­dard Lagavulin sin­gle malt is 16 years old…

Ardbeg Distillery

Ard­beg Dis­tillery is a Scotch whisky dis­tillery on the south coast of the isle of Islay.

Other dis­til­leries on the south coast include Laphroaig and Lagavulin. Ard­beg claims to be the peati­est Islay whisky, and uses malted bar­ley sourced from the…

Balvenie 12 Year Old Doublewood

Sweet fruit and Oloroso sherry notes, lay­ered with honey and vanilla.

Taste: A smooth and mel­low sin­gle malt of beau­ti­fully com­bined flavours — nutty sweet­ness, cin­na­mon spici­ness and a del­i­cately pro­por­tioned layer of sherry — with a long and warmi