hs305 scored this whisky 78 points 
[May, 2017] Another one of this newish NAS whiskies many distilleries introduced over the last years simply to mask that they have a serious cask quality problem (due to the whisky boom there are not enough high quality bourbon or sherry casks available so the distilleries have to use virgin oak casks in addition AND reduce the maturation times in quality casks to use the same cask more often).
And exactly this drives the quality of the resulting malts drastically towards the south. More bitter virgin oakiness, unbalanced profiles and immature spirits combine to rather unpleasant drams (compared to the older standard editions). And due to the whisky boom they can sell this stuff for even higher prices - scary to see how a whole industry bites the hands that feed them... Never Accept Stupid marketing!
And exactly this drives the quality of the resulting malts drastically towards the south. More bitter virgin oakiness, unbalanced profiles and immature spirits combine to rather unpleasant drams (compared to the older standard editions). And due to the whisky boom they can sell this stuff for even higher prices - scary to see how a whole industry bites the hands that feed them... Never Accept Stupid marketing!
