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The nose is somewhere between peat and hay with rather neutral acid hints. Smoke. Pleasantly surprising.
The mouth rocks between smoke, oily peat and fruits with some woody hints and a tingling on the tongue, Smoke and spices.
The finish is rather long and retains principally the tingling on the tongue, and the coffee and woody touches. But the coffee above all.
2005

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The conclusions of the first tasting were amazing to me, and unlike usually I decided to give it a try the next day.
The nose remains fresh and influenced by some acid persistence, and recalls a powerful Lowlands scotch rather than a typical Isle whisky, famous for its peaty or iodine character. However, a great complexity, and some rather discrete leather and peat hints in addition to the mint notes first detected.
The rather long finish remains on the same register, with some leather hints, but still with the slightly acid orange hints. The complexity of this whisky is however very great, and in this respect, the first quotation seems to be too low.
2005

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The nose is quite expressive and reveals nice fruity notes mixed with leather hints and spices (pepper). In the palate, a nice sweetness allied to a kind of nutty bitterness and fruity hints (ripe fruit), and some port-like tastes on the background. A lingering warm finish where the slightly bitter (woody) touches seem to be associated to dominant fruity notes.
Strange enough, but the citrus hints who were domninating after opening of the bottle a few months ago seem to have completely disappeared...
2006

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The nose first detects some acid notes (citrus fruit, orange) and goes on, after aeration, on more complex and fresh notes, with menthol hints.
In the palate, the impression of acidity remains, but mixes with spices, on a discrete smoky background. A rather long finish, but still on the acid style, with some additional animal touches, remaining the leather smell in the old shoe-repair shops.
This bottle deserves certainly another try.
2007