Nose: natural, modern style with vanilla, malty notes, honey and cooked fruits. Apples and pears, perhaps some light pineapple from the obvious first-fill American oak. Light ginger and a waxy touch.

Mouth: same feeling of fresh oak, with a lower amount of fruits this time. A bit of butter toffee, peaches and honey. Apples and unripe pineapple. Light ginger and cinnamon, as well as some bitter woody notes towards the end.

Finish: not too long, spices (pepper, cinnamon) and something of sweet banana that breaks the slightly dry finale.

Back in 2013 The Glenlivet released a whisky called Alpha with no tasting notes, no cask details and an opaque black bottle. 'Twas quite good fun as everybody tried to guess the production technique used, before the eventual reveal (on that occasion they'd used casks conditioned with Scotch as opposed to bourbon or Sherry, unique for The Glenlivet).Now it seems we're being treated to a new mystery, a cipher, in fact! Master Distiller Alan Winchester once again invites us to decipher the secrets of a unique single malt

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