This single malt was ranked by Jim Murray as the World’s Best Whisky in his 2015 edition of the Whisky Bible, and was available only in Europe and Japan. The Spanish Oak ex-sherry casks give it a nose full of raisins, dark chocolate, fig cookies, red grapes, and a subtle oakiness. The taste has a good balance with a very dry mouthfeel and intense spicy notes of clove, allspice and a hint of cinnamon balanced by marzipan, figs, dry red wine, and raisins for an amazingly complex palate. The finish is dry and long with gently fading spices and lingering touches of figs, raisins, and oak sawdust. An outstanding whisky! (March, 2015)