Ultimate Beverage Challenge 95 points - A heady mixture sea salt flake, lemon peel, and toasted oats introduce this complex and mature whisky. The palate seamlessly expresses toasted vanilla bean, crushed shell, and baked apple and finish with a subtle kiss of wood smoke that pleasantly resonates..March/2017 Other 91 points - Drier, less toffee and fruit, more dried spice and oak when compared to the standard Oban 14 year old. A beautiful combination of rich, nutty toffee balanced by polished oak, salt, pepper, seaweed, distant smoke, and dried fruit. Somewhat oily in texture. Wonderful depth, too! An improvement on what is already the biggest-selling Diageo single malt scotch in the U.S. Very exciting and dynamic. (7,700 bottles available only in the U.S. and at the Oban distillery). (Winter 2008) Reviewed by: John Hansell.August/2008
