Bw7 Elements of Islay Review [From Paris with Love]

Hi everyone,

This is one of the new Elements of Islay releases from a 'mystery' distillery labelled 'Bw.' I'll give you one guess.

This was distilled in 2001 and matured in four Sherry butts.

Bw⁷ 53.2%

Colour: Dark Amber

Body: Full

Nose: BBQ sauce and heavy Sherry, malt, pommegranate, nice florals, powdered sugar on overdone doughnuts. Gristy.

Taste: Soft, silky then big Sherry and malty smoke, grows bigger again, slight BBQ, fig and date.

Finish: Long length. Goes in a completely different direction. Really fruity and sweet to end, sweet fig, some raisin, then drier with some oak.

This is obviously overly Sherried but remains very interesting with some interesting notes.

81/100

Thanks for reading!

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