The nose: Loads of vanilla, softly toasted sugar and cask char to enjoy here, plus a touch of cherry. The palate: Spun sugar, caramelised walnuts, brown sugar, rum-soaked raisins, Christmas spices, and smoke scents. Complete: Waves of vanilla mellowed more winter spices. ABV% 55.05 Pairing:  Last Rites, My Father Don Pepin Original, West Tampa Black Maduro,...

Nose: Not so much Lapsang Souchong as it is Lapsang Souchong tea! One of Islay's smokiest noses. It is large, quite intense, and smells of creamy vanilla, fragrant spices, iodine, and good, mature Sherry. Gorgeous. Palate: really rich and thick. A huge taste of Sherry and malt with a fantastic sweetness and a good fruity sweetness. Large, strong oak and peat. Finish: Figs,...