Tasting notes Serge Valentin: 90 points (WhiskyFun.com)

Another coup by BB&R's Jonny McMillan. When one of the oldest wine and spirit merchants in Great Britain, if not the oldest, selects your product that should mean something.

Colour: gold.

Nose: there was something about those oaks in the two officials, this is much more classic and, dare I add, it better lets the wonderfully pure spirit shine through. Some amazing notes of rotting fruits, fermentation, artisanal porridge, diesel oil, then crushed bananas and, drumroll please, manzanilla! This is folded! With water: green walnuts and seawater, the precious combo.

Mouth (neat): amazing. Fat petrol, rotten fruits, Jamaican rum (yep), salt, olives, liquorice… With water: sameish, but saltier yet, all perfect.

Finish: long, clean as a Haut-Brion Blanc.

Comments: I'll have to send a personal letter to the Distillers with an apology, but I cannot help thinking that this indie 'Nordic' is rather a little superior. I'm totally sure it's a matter of cask.