Spirit of Speyside 2007 41.8%

[Nick Brown]

This claims to be "a unique blend of 27 selected Speyside single malts bottled specially for the 2007 Festival - Aged 10 years".

N: pungently Speyside; green grass, malty notes, wax, fruit (oranges, apples and something overripe), hint of smoke, earthy, musty, icing sugar, cake mix, touch of dandelion and burdock

T: soft, quite quiet at first, waxiness builds, soft fruit flavours, hint of wood spice and wood smoke, burnt toffee, bitter orange, green grass

F: sweet, icing sugar, victoria sponge, smoke builds, waxy grass, strawberry jam, becomes buttery, more wax

A strange dram, the flavour lurches from being a bit too pungent to being a bit to quiet and back again. This has some intriguing flavours but they really aren't integrated very well. Definitely Speyside with the trademark waxy green grass flavors but the smoke is a surprise that pops up from time to time.