Bomshanka scored this whisky 90 points 
7th edition of the NSS Vega and if what is presumed about the Vega series is true, this is a 20 year old Speysider(s). Very full, round and intriguing and for the original retail price of 60£ frankly a steal.
Compared to 6th release of Vega this feels somehow older despite being 2 years junior (20 vs 22 y.o).
Reviewed from a bottle open for about a week.
Compared to 6th release of Vega this feels somehow older despite being 2 years junior (20 vs 22 y.o).
Reviewed from a bottle open for about a week.
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First whiff is the sweet and sour of stewed plums, dates, dried figs. Then raisins, red ripe apples, heather honey, dried orange peel, christmas spices and even a whiff of lime zest. Deep dark and still fresh. Leather and wood polish, really dark chocolate.. and dried herring? Quite complex to my nostrils.
1-2 drops of water brings more warm leather and cocoa powder. -
Honey, butterscotch, sour fruit bonbons, mostly orange and cherries, moving into
worn leather and wood polish, bitter sherry astringency, drying on rosemary and almost a little ashy.
At 43.5% very much at its drinking strength already and does not need more than a drop or two of water, which brings the fruits a bit further out to the front of the stage. -
Going on the ashes and orange candy moving forth and back and hitting some beach pebbles and cracked pepper along the way, medium long.
