The match between peat smoke and dry sherry always provides surprising results: two casks have been vatted together with a very long finish of 70 months in a first fill Oloroso butt, and the result is muscular and powerful. At the nose, it retains the explosive smokiness of Islay, only slightly tamed by the age. The sherry does not add an immediately fruity or winey character: on the contrary, it amplifies the ruggedness. Very earthy, with notes of wet leather, extremely organic, chewy and ashy, with just a hint of sour cherries. At the palate, it’s powerful, with a sharp attack: again, leathery peat, smokiness, a hint of cocoa. Definitely not for the faint of heart. It actually seems less sherried than the length of the finish would suggest, and it’s more a well-integrated fusion of the wine and the peat than a simple coating of Oloroso. The finale is long, dry and full of gunpowder.