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Islay Mist 8 y
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Islay Mist 8 y

Price per Unit (tube): €3,20 (including 19 % tax)
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Islay Mist 8 y

from approx. 1970

vol. 40%

A lovely old blended Islay whisky.

 


 Islay Mist 8 yo (43%, OB for Bonfanti, blend, early 1970’s) Islay Mist used to be a blend by the owners of Laphroaig and the versions of the latter for Bonfanti are legendary, so we have high expectations. Colour: gold. Nose: we’re on Islay right away, with Laphroaig well at the centre. Seaweed, iodine, fisherman’s net, apple juice… Hints of bitter beer. There’s the grain as well but it’s just here to complement the whole. Nice notes of violets and lilac, butter caramel, chamomile… Obvious OBE (hints of iron). Gets even smokier with time, with also hints of ham.
Mouth: it’s extremely punchy for a whisky at 43%, strong, peaty and caramelly, with quite some apricot syrup but also pepper, cloves, a little toffee… Creamy mouth feel. It seems that there were quite some sherry casks in the vatting. More and more quince jam and caramel with pepper… Incredibly thick. Finish: very long, peaty and jammy, extremely satisfying, with a, even peatier aftertaste. A blend that used to be much punchier than many malts we know. 87 points on my ‘maltoscale’. (by whiskyfun.com)

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