The label offers no clues as to the provenance of this bottling (other than Spey River) but that still leaves a lot of options for the distillery. The nose has a familar, vegetal, even stale, farmyard malty note plus some dried fruits. Reading my notes it is better than I probably made it sound. The taste has lemon peel, pepper, cloves and oil. Smooth and strongly flavoured btu not as balanced and integrated as I would like. The finish has more spice, including chilli, but quite short. Wiuth water gets a little creamier and sweeter with marshmallow and more spice notes. Overall a bit of a mixed bag, nothing "wrong" with it but doesn't quite come together for me.
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