MacLeod's Island Single Malt

Tasted a 2020 bottling of this dark horse single malt that turned out to be a very decent dram for its price. Nose: Salt spray, gentle peat and smoke, with evident sherry cask sweetness. Opens up with nutmeg and spice. Very well balanced. Taste: Smooth. The sweet sherry cask conveys the lightly peated, salty body of this whisky very well. Nutmeg and spice follow through. Quality cask management and blending. Tastes about 8 years old. Finish: Sherry cask sweetness and spice, with lingering salt spray. Final thoughts: a very good NAS release that I gather is either a young Talisker or HP. It's super smooth and sippable, but lacks the depth and character of its sibling Macleod's Islay. I fully enjoyed them both and would buy again.

moderate peat smoke and iodine saltiness alongside sweeter sherry notes and soft woodiness. The salt is reminiscent of an islay in some ways albeit the sweeter nature of This whisky.