- World Whiskies Awards Best Danish Single Malt 2022
- San Francisco World Spirits Competition Gold 2022
- SIP Awards Platinum 2023
OUR TASTING NOTES
Nose: First impression is definitely a smoky note – but a very sweet smelling one. Underneath this lies an earthy petrichor mixed with oak, and barley is definitely noticeable there in the mix!
Palate: It’s a light, and sweet smoke, sure – but it’s certainly in the drivers seat here. It’s all at once foreign, yet familiar. Lovely and oily as you’d expect from small volume pot stills. Some of the flavours here I can’t quite pick – they are indeed foreign to me (I’m more than happy to keep trying though!). However there’s also many reassuringly familiar notes there too. Vanilla, citrus, dried fruits and fruit mince are all there in the wings when you stop to notice.
Finish: Wow – the finish really turns from a ‘sweet peat’ to a much more meaty-peaty. There’s also defiantly a sea-side iodine-y note as well as distinct waves of saltiness as it fades. Long, chewy and definitely interesting!
Yum.. I really love this! It’s familiar… but different. It’s definitely NOT a peated Scotch whisky – but then I’m damned if don’t get a sense of Coal Ila sometimes whilst drinking the Stauning (is it the salty waves?). Easy-drinking, but complex enough that I’m still trying to pick a couple of notes I can almost recognise… ‘what IS that?’. It’s not a peat that will beat you up – but then it’s not one you can ignore, either. It’s definitely peated, make no mistake, but it’s sweet and aromatic as well as meaty and a bit iodiney in the finish.