Trade Mark X 100 Proof (Batch 1) 57.1%
Tasting Note
Tasted: Apr 2025
The nose opens with tarry peat and oily Oloroso dried fruit. Hints of fishy Campbeltown funk appear along with herbal peat, herbal Oloroso, grippy spice and saline infused grain dried fruit. It somehow feels both modern and old fashioned at the same time. Late coconut, vanilla and dried banana.
The palate opens with bonfire ash, grippy tannin and pot pourri spice. Raisin, dried citrus, coconut, coffee and vanilla come through. The mid-palate is quite grippy and oily with fleshy banana skin, burnt spice and malt. Masked, grippy finish with lingering grain dried fruit and burnt orange.
Water emphasises the salt and grain spirit on the nose. In fact, the spices are quite nose prickling. Late lemon, malt and sultana. The palate is softer and rounder. Less peat and a little more herbal sherry. Still grippy and salty. Longer with more malt on the finish and lingering bitter spice, herbal peat and coastal notes.
Description
3 cask of James Eadie’s Trade Mark X blend, which is re-racked for 12 months in Oloroso casks, and finally blended with 1 cask of Trade Mark X before being bottled at 100 Proof.
At a Glance
Tasted: Apr 2025
The nose opens with tarry peat and oily Oloroso dried fruit. Hints of fishy Campbeltown funk appear along with herbal peat, herbal Oloroso, grippy spice and saline infused grain dried fruit. It somehow feels both modern and old fashioned at the same time. Late coconut, vanilla and dried banana.
The palate opens with bonfire ash, grippy tannin and pot pourri spice. Raisin, dried citrus, coconut, coffee and vanilla come through. The mid-palate is quite grippy and oily with fleshy banana skin, burnt spice and malt. Masked, grippy finish with lingering grain dried fruit and burnt orange.
Water emphasises the salt and grain spirit on the nose. In fact, the spices are quite nose prickling. Late lemon, malt and sultana. The palate is softer and rounder. Less peat and a little more herbal sherry. Still grippy and salty. Longer with more malt on the finish and lingering bitter spice, herbal peat and coastal notes.
£39.95
