Smooth and oily — cherry compote, buttered granary toast, malt, custard, peach
Thick and sherried — sultanas, sticky toffee pudding, raspberry jam, Victoria sponge, crème caramel
Medium — cocoa, oak, hint of smoke
Naked Malt — Macallan + HP + Glenrothes. Virgin Oloroso casks. Formerly Naked Grouse. 40%. £22.
Cherry and malt nose. Sultana and toffee palate. Cocoa finish. Sherry-forward easy sipper.
Naked Malt earns a 7 — approachable sherry-forward blended malt at £22. Genuine malt character at entry-level pricing.
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