Glenturret 7 Year Peat Smoked (2022 Release)

After numerous reviews, I've finally sampled an expression from the world's longest-operating distillery. This Glenturret 7yo is a limited, peated bottling. On the nose, I detect lemon and peat, reminiscent of lemon pie, meringue, and sawdust. The palate mirrors this profile with lemon, cigarette smoke, gunpowder, and ashes. On a subsequent taste, it thins out slightly, revealing vanilla. The finish is dominated by cigarettes, ashes, lemon, and vanilla meringue. Overall, a well-balanced and accessible whisky, not overly complex, earning an 84 out of 100 in my estimation.

This 2023 bottling seems to surpass the 10. It offers bold flavors of smoke, peaches, coal, salted cod, raisins, figs, date syrup, and plums.