Glen Garioch 1971 (59.6%, Samaroli, 2280 bottles, sherry, 75cl)
Colour: almost mahogany.
Nose: again a sherry monster, but this time with a big, bold peat. Incredibly rich and complex. Lots of meaty aromas. Top notch Italian coffee, garden bonfire, tabasco, humus, burnt tyre.
Taste: first you have all these coffeeish notes: coffee itself, burnt cake, coffee liquor, dark toffee… Then you have the peat, but one of the most subtle and magnificent peat. Different woods’ smokes, seaweed smoke. Lots of cooked fruits.
Finish: it’s long of course, but also very complex and subtle, on ‘smoked’ fruitcake.