Lochlea Ploughing Edition Second Crop

Lochlea Ploughing Edition Second Crop

Official bottling
Single malt - Lowlands
Pale green gold 
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Leather, coffee, driftwood smoke, green apples, vanilla, lemon zest, hints of germolene. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, tingly, loosens, warm. 
Tasting:  Sour sweet. Driftwood smoke, germolene, leather, vanilla, lemon zest, green apples, rhubarb and custard sweets, hints of wet stones. 
Finish: Short. Vanilla, leather, ginseng, lemon zest, driftwood smoke. 

Comments: 

Remarkably smoky, I believe this has been aged in an ex-Islay cask. There’s a lot of flavour in this, tart fruit overlaid with smoke and flinty stone. Rather good.

Verdict:

I like this.