Secret Islay 1990 Refill Barrel, Brut de cask at 50.7%, distilled in 1990, single barrel, 50cl

“Hang your quiver of feathered arrows on the heavy oak door and stay inside your fisherman's hut on a foggy night, enjoying Scottish broth cooked in a copper pan over a coal fire.”

Color : Apple juice

Nose : Campfire in thick fog, polished leather boots and Scottish broth, sea iodine, mint tea, a hint of apple.

Au Palais : Warm, creamy Scottish broth with sage and potatoes in a copper pan over a charcoal fire, milk chocolate biscuits, buttery shortbread, strawberry milkshake and fruity notes appear .

Finish : Sweet peat, sweet potato fritters, antiseptic lotion and dressings, herring, peaches and mirabelle plums mingle in this long finish with well-balanced peat.

Nose to water : Water pushes smoke out, there's facial powder and theatrical oily makeup, antiseptic cream, iodine-soaked bandages, mackerel cooking on bonfires on a windswept beach littered with bird feathers and there is a thick fog hanging over everything.

Palace with water : A generous portion of kedgeree seasoned with cloves, cayenne pepper and white pepper followed by chocolate fondue by a fire in a flint cottage with thick oak covered doors. exterior of sea spray.

Watery finish : paprika, chilli chocolates, Scottish herb broth in an oak bowl and tarnished silver cutlery, plus feathers, leather and gentle puffs of smoke on the finish.