Seth Masterson

9.4

Taste this and you will understand what Vermouth/Vermut/Vermutti used to be and why there were bars dedicated to the drink before it became the sad mixer of vodka and gin it is today.
I'm a sucker for back stories and the recipe for this one was found recently written down by another ancient vermouth producer Florence centuries ago. When the son of this distillery took over he decided to try to make it and what an amazing job he did. There are so many components and layers between the florals and bitters and perfect sweet/sour balance of this I need a lot more than one glass to sort it all out. Now I'm on the hunt for a bottle.
Some of the magical ingredients: calamus, holy thistle, juniper, iris and rhubarb — 10 months ago

Brennan Roy

9.0

Gift bottle from my son. Dark fruit and tobacco. Solid tannins. Excellent! — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

See previous 2 notes. Showing ripe grapefruit on nose and palate with high quality French Oak as a component and not dominating. Good palate concentration and just an outstanding Chardonnay in any company. Welcoming our son Hugh home temporarily from NYC and Georgie from Copenhagen. Hadn’t seen either of them for 3 years. Went well with a kilo of Mooloolaba Prawns. As in a previous note I will have the 2 remaining bottles in 2023 and 2024. — 4 years ago

with Georgina

Bob McDonald

9.5

I bought this at a large bottle shop in the Ginza in Tokyo in mid February, which specialised in Japanese Whisky. Quite expensive at $450 AUD but certainly of high quality. I was looking for something I thought would not be available in Australia but it turns out it is available for the same money!! A note of orange peel. The 55% ABV is a trifle hot but not overly so. The impact of the peat is not as pronounced as western isles heroes like Lagavulin and Laphroig. Smoky as expected and thoroughly satisfying. Had the last nip a few days ago. — a year ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Smoky with brief notes from me. Not as peaty as you would expect from the western isles. Had a tour of this distillery some years ago on the Isle of Skye which is the spiritual home of the Clan Donald ie McDonald. Probably prefer the peaty styles of Lagavulin and Laphroig. — 4 years ago

Francis le cave

9.0

Méchante bombe de fruit, très générique, hyper riche et aseptisée, mais pourquoi bouder son plaisir. C'est bon une fois de temps en temps. Pas une ride! — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

A great tipple through the cold months of winter. Living proof that unlike wine, you can make good whisky just about anywhere as long as you have a pristine water supply, a good supply of quality barley and in this case Australian peat. In this case Albany in Western Australia. This is a smoke-infused single malt showing wonderful smoky charry, spicy complexity. So good I am going to order another bottle. — 2 years ago

Senator Tommelier

9.0

Damn son. Peppa bojangles dingle dangle — 3 years ago

Emily Gorney

9.3

Pretty good — 4 years ago

Jodie Jackson

9.7

What a fantastic wine selection by my son, we wanted a little something to go along with Shrimp and Grits and Biscuits @Callie’sCharleston Biscuits. This wine has beautiful notes of berries, ash, minerals maybe even apricots. So delicious. Big thanks — 6 years ago

with Merritt