OLP0011 Ledaig 15 year old (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Really peat – with a “Smoky Bacon Crisps” style + carrying a sweet smoke quality
Palate: Rich & mouth coating – still carrying a spicy, cured meat style + more smoke
Finish: Long – sweetly spiced + salt, seaweed & smoke + tobacco & late camphor (J)

OLP0072 Lochnagar 16 Year Old (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Opens fresh and fragrant with a floral style – develops to honey + a gummy bear quality
Palate: Still sweet with a soft praline character – runs to an interesting salted caramel style
Finish: Medium long – with a spicier, now drier quality + toasted almonds (slightly burnt) (J)

OLP0020 Ben Nevis 17 Year Old (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Opens sweetly with a fresh & vanilla’d quality – runs to ripe fruit (banana & orange)
Palate: Carries a creamy, sweet character, softly spiced + an American Cream Soda style
Finish: Medium long – now running drier with a bees wax on polished oak quality (J)

OLP0069 Caol Ila 17 Year Old (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Full on Islay ahead! Smoky – with oily rags, peat and soft runny summer tar.
Palate: Initially soft – warms to a tar attack + creosote, honey & ash as the back drop.
Finish: Mixes sweet with peat ….. sugared espresso + smoke + vanilla & phenols. (F)

OLP0050 Fettercairn 17 Year Old (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Decidedly fructiferous, soft and mellow – attractively Malted with late spice.
Palate: As toffee mellow & sweet as anticipated – chew through it …. big & sherberty.
Finish: Still with that sherbet style – now warmingly spiced + an interestingly oaked tail. (F)

OLP0056 Glenlivet 18 Year Old Sherry (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Distinctly Sherried, spiced, nutty & barley’d + a maceration of dark marinated fruit.
Palate: Opens big & fruity – runs to honey, butterscotch, light oak, mixed peel Malt.
Finish: Nicely rounded – warming, more subtle … but now + coffee/chocolate and muscovado sugar. (F)

OLP0062 Linkwood 18 Year Old (48.4% alc vol)
Nose: Clean, fresh & fragrant – attractively fruity – like opening a bag of soft sweets
Palate: Mouth coatingly sweet – developing to rich vanilla – butterscotch + spices
Finish: Medium long – complex/soft – still spicy then running drier to a soft oak style (J)

OLP0022 Bunnahabhain 20 Year Old (51.5%)
Nose: Carries a sweet malted peak reek – round, citric, oily, vanilla’d, waxy & smoked.
Palate: Soft complex initially – still sultana sweet (Dundee cake style) + a late hint of salt.
Finish: Richly espresso & chocolate in style + dry spices, dark fruit, nuts + more saltiness. (F)

OLP0041 Allt-A-Bhainne 21 Year Old (51.5% alc vol)
Nose: Crisp and clean for its years – sugary, with Autumnal fruits and barley cues.
Palate: Mouthcoatingly spiced & peppery – now with vanilla fudge, Malt and syrup.
Finish: Tends to a cinnamon style + nicely burnt sugar showing more fruit ‘n’ spice. (F)

OLP0055 Glenburgie 21 Year Old (51.5% alc vol)
Nose: Cedarwood + tobacco + citrus + sugars + Malt mash & chocolate: so complex!
Palate: Hits powerfully with dark spices, honey, camphor, more chocolate + liquourice.
Finish: Runs long/sweet & multifaceted = more honey, spice, tobacco vanilla & lime. (F)

OLP0052 Glen Grant 21 Year Old (51.5% alc vol)
Nose: Carrying a rich polished oak quality + bees wax + surprising macerated cherries
Palate: Mouth coating & oily – abundantly spiced, now running to a rich treacle style
Finish: Long – still richly spiced – developing to caramelised oranges + subtle smoke (J)

OLP0067 Tamnavulin 25 Year Old (51.5% alc vol)
Nose: Wonderfully spiced (for one so blond) – sugary sweet + juicy barley and dry spices.
Palate: Mouthcoats with warm spices – big time! reversing into soft chewy vanilla caramel.
Finish: Long – still dulcet – now warmly spiced – then barley’d, tailing in a cough drop style (F)

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