Sweet BBQ smoke, cooked fruits, dark chocolate, dried figs
Delicate peat smoke, honey-roasted nuts, cinnamon, malted barley, citrus
Rich toffee, spicy dark chocolate, burnt sugar — Oloroso works with the smoke
Kilchoman Loch Gorm — annual sherry cask. José Miguel Martín Oloroso. NCF, 46%.
BBQ smoke and fig nose. Honey-roasted nuts and cinnamon palate. Toffee finish. Peat-sherry marriage.
Loch Gorm earns an 8 — benchmark peat-and-sherry marriage at £75. Oloroso works with, not over, the smoke.
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