Siol Dugall Canadian Island Medium Peated Single Malt Whisky
46% ABV
$130
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We would like to thank Macaloney’s Island Distillery for sending us a sample to review.
What the Distillery Says
Siol Dugall, our Whiskymaker’s medium peated signature expression was married from a select combination of Kentucky Bourbon casks, virign American casks, and re-charred Portuguese red wine barriques.
Nose: The nose is superb with pine wood smoke, light peat smoke and tropical fruit, pork scratchings, rosemary, cedar, sandal wood, and lapsang souchong tea, developing to rose petals, dates, lemon zest, and butterscotch with hints of nutmeg, cloves and ginger. There are also summer meadow flowers, fresh cut grass, malt extract and burnt heather.
Palate: The palate has a velvety mouthfeel with sweet malty peat smoke, barley water, sweetpea flowers, clover honey, crème brûlée with burnt caramel, fennel seed, lemon sponge cake, and dried hay, with lingering oak, a light sweet smoke finish, and a hint of salt with ocean breeze.
27 PPM
ABV: 46%
Natural Colour & Non-Chill Filtered
What Gary Says
Nose: Rich fruit and peat, savory notes of rosemary and thyme, subtle citrus notes, smokey with vanilla.
Palate: Thick, creamy mouthfeel, rich with honey, fruity with peaches, pears, apricots, peat and caramel.
Finish: Long and wet, with floral notes, peat and pepper spice trailing.
Comments: This one surprised me, as sampling this next to An Aba it is lighter in color. This is much more intense, and not just the peat but all around. Really nice balance between the sweet and savory, with the nose advertising something more on the savory end of the spectrum. A bit of water brings out more bright, tropical fruit notes on the nose.