The texture is sensational, the spirit gliding over the palate like warm syrup. The taste buds love the purity and the sensational clarity of flavours being presented. A real sweetness on the front palate, barley sugar, honey almonds, green jelly beans, pear drops all splashed with fresh lemons and balanced by the crispness of malted barley.

An intensity and definition of flavour that is unparalleled. Incredibly fresh giving an unforgettable palate experience that leaves the taste buds tingling and overwhelmed.

Mischievous. Coy, flirtatious, Lolita. A breast-surging, bodice ripper: breathlessly virtuous.

What I say:

I bought a 20cl bottle of this for £16 from Villeneuve wines in Peebles. I have just recently polished off a bottle of the Bruichladdich Rocks and was looking for something more from the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay and was intrigued with organic whisky [having previously sampled Benromach Organic].

Colour:

Pale straw yellow gold

Nose:

Barley malt, clean and smooth with sweet blossom honey

Taste:

Mellow lemon meringue, biscuits with a little white pepper spice and very subtle metallic copper, most of the flavour is on the initial hit though there are traces of vanilla and honey that last

Finish:

Long, clean and smooth almost fizzing on the tongue, very refreshing

Would I buy it again:

Definitely! I have developed a huge appreciation for Bruichladdich’s offerings and love the idea of producing whisky the old-fashioned way using barley grown in the local fields. This returns the concept of terroir fully to whisky distillation, unlike the big corporations trucking in their malted barley for the production line. This tastes young and light but is very highly drinkable and has a depth and complexity in the first few seconds in the mouth that are renewed afresh on serial sipping.

To find out more about Bruichladdich passionate approach to barley see:

http://www.bruichladdich.com/library/barley/why-barley