Light golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of spiced black plum, sticky toffee pudding, rich Corinthian leather, and baked red apple with a round, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, complex, medium-long finish with shades of caramel and cinnamon roasted mixed nuts, maduro tobacco and dried red fruits, spiced black cherry and cocoa nibs, and bread budding with toffee vanilla clotted cream and fig preserves. A beautiful aged Single Malt greets you on the nose with dark old honey, dried red fruits, vibrant orchard fruits, and wood spices; sip slowly and deeply while reminiscing and consider a medium-bodied cigar pairing.
96 points, Beverage Testing Institute (May 2024)
Spending 21 years in a first-fill ruby port cask has imbued this superb whiskey with firm, plump, and intense fruit flavors with layers of raspberry, black currant fruit pastilles, blackberry jelly, and peppercorn. Bushmills and port casks are a heavenly match, and this has a warm, enveloping fruitiness on the tongue, with raspberry, plum, cranberry sauce, a surge of clove and pepper, milk chocolate, and a dry finish.
94 points, Jonny McCormick, Whisky Advocate (Summer 2023)
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