Colour: gold. Nose: sure it’s no big whisky at 40% and after thirty years in glass but the combination of fresh tropical fruits with shoe polish and iron works beautifully, epitomical Old Bottle Effect in motion. Pineapples and passion fruits, old books, metal polish, grapefruits, honey, Barbour grease, milk chocolate, green tea… All that is complex and much thrilling to follow despite the low strength. Maybe a little more a wine than a spirit in a certain way, let’s see… Mouth: right, it’s pretty tired, cardboardy, chalky and dry. The fruits are still glowing in the distant background but they’re more echoes of fruits, so to speak. Finish: gains power again (just a bit) but it’s still a shadow of its (probable) former self. Comments: I guess we’re ten years too late and that the twistcap was a bit loose – but I haven’t seen the original bottle so not too sure about that. Please take my score with even more salt than usual – but what a nose! SGP (nose only)

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