Torabhaig ‘The Legacy Series – 2017’ 46%
Tasted: Feb 2021
The nose is quite shy to begin with but opens with the mashtun notes of cereal, malt biscuits, lemon and barley. Although it has a heavy PPM phenol count the peat is fairly subtle and herbal. Delicate and oily with a faint salt and petrol note.
The palate is again quite shy (or should that be skye?!) The peat is more pronounced, ashier and sootier. There’s also more coastal saltiness and citrus. Good crisp barley and white fruit middle. Long, oily, cereal, salt, zesty citrus with lingering earth peat and mashtun notes. The palate is probably more expressive than the nose, but it’s still good.
Torabhaig Legacy Series: Allt Gleann 46%
1st Fill & Refill Bourbon
Tasted: Aug 2021
A young, fresh and barley’d nose with earthy and sweet peat, salt, citrus and hints of tobacco leaf and vanilla. The coastal notes build in intensity, and it has more than a passing resemblance to young Talisker, minus the pepperiness.
The palate is lightly oiled and a touch fuller due to more noticeable oak character and a good dollop of honey. The salty citric notes balance and the peat is a little subtler but still quite earthy. Long and continuing sweetly bartley’d with lingering pepper, bonfire ash and vanilla.
Torabhaig Legacy Series: Allt Gleann ‘2nd Release’ 46%
Code: 20188/ Tasted: Jun 2022
A fresh and citric nose with lemon, earth, dusty peat along with hints of fern, rose petal and very subtle vanilla. Faint soapiness and late coal dust.
The palate is fuller and opens with barley, apricot and citrus. Astringent coastal peat and earthy peat notes follow along with a touch of salt and tannin on the middle. Lovely intensity and continuing citric and peaty. Long, coal/ peat dust finish with bog myrtle and youthful, astringent spirit notes.
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