The Heart Cut Lochlea #17 (50cl, 54%)

The Heart Cut Lochlea #17 is a single cask single malt from Ayrshire, bottled at 54% in a 500ml bottle. It was matured in an ex-Islay cask, which gives a gentle smoke even though the malt was not peated. The spirit is made from Laureate barley grown on the farm, and the whisky is non-chill filtered and uncoloured. The cask produced 410 bottles. The nose is freshly cut grass, barbecued pineapple and delicate coastal smoke, with buttery apples and green pepper. On the palate come barbecued citrus, runny honey and creamy hazelnut, before the smoke thickens into birchwood embers. The finish is long, with sherbet candy, bitter orange peel and a hint of sea salt.