30 – Nikka 17 Taketsuru
Chestnut flour, cola and vanilla. Green grass, cola, salt, vanilla. Too underpowered for me.
I had a look at my notes from last year on this one: ‘Honey, toffee, easy. Vanilla and some cola to finish. Not much too it to be honest.’ Glad I’m sorta consistent.
31 – Redbreast Single Pot Still 21
An incredible nose. Tropical fruits (mangos, lychees) with cream, dust, carob, chocolate, yoghurt. Tropical fruits, long passionfruit, oyster shell, bracken, fresh yeast.
32 – SMWS 123.8 In the Spanish mountains
Plump raisins, orange zest, brown sugar and hay. Dried peaches and figs, iced tea, milk chocolate, chewy meringue and vanilla cream.