The Scotch
This is a golden pour, with a nose of a wet, not quite fully baked cinnamon roll with plump raisins and orange zest. The flavor is like the syrup running off from a stew of prunes, figs and raisins, poured onto a plank of green oak. This was accented by a hint of astringency that expressed itself as smoke, although I must be clear that I amnot labeling this Tamdhu as a peated whisky. Its not smoky or smoked, but there is a flavor note in there that takes on that character for me, ever so slightly. Its like bourbon and barrel char; that flavor note has nothing to do with the charcoal in the barrel. Yet it is that element that rolls out into the finish, leaving a dab of tannin and ash on the tongue.