Colour: Pale gold.
Nose: A pleasant sweetness immediately rises to the nose with vanilla, banana, pineapple and warm cereal notes. Ripe peach, brown sugar and a little bit of caramel join them. In the background warming spicy notes with a little oak.
Palate: Warming on the palate with vanilla sweetness, toffee and milk chocolate. Also spicy with notes of ginger, cinnamon and oak. Then juicy cereal notes become noticeable, accompanied by honey and a little maple syrup.
Finish: The finish is long lasting with peach and some pineapple. Becomes creamier and at the same time spicier with toffee, milk chocolate, oak spice and white pepper.
With water: After the addition of water significantly more cereal notes on the nose, also toffee, pineapple and vanilla cream. Sweet and fruity on the palate with vanilla, pineapple and banana, followed by spicy oak, white pepper and ginger. The finish is slightly shorter and much drier with cocoa, oak and slightly creamy fruit.
Comments: A tropical fruity and vanilla sweet single grain whisky from the sadly closed Port Dundas distillery. The 14 years of maturation in a refill barrel also produced spicy oak and ginger notes, which together with the juicy grain aromas form a wonderful harmony. A dram to relax and enjoy. Single Grain Scotch Whisky can taste this good!

I thank Douglas Laing  for the complimentary sample and the photograph!

Colour: Bright amber.
Nose: A spicy start on the nose with pine needles and fine oak. Then notes of the sherry butt come through with brown sugar, molasses and dark fruits, followed by acacia honey, cereals and lingering creamy vanilla in the back.
Palate: Sweet, creamy and slightly warming on the palate with sherry and dark fruits, treacle and raisins. Brown sugar and notes of dark chocolate arrive, followed by a lingering nuttiness towards the finish.
Finish: The finish is medium long and rich. Slightly warming with some dark fruits, followed by creamy vanilla and delicate walnuts towards the end.
With water: By adding a few drops of water there's a bit more sherry coming through accompanied by brown sugar and dark fruits. Significantly more cereal flavours on the nose, too. Sweet, soft and creamy on the palate with significantly more delicate nutty flavours. The finish is a bit shorter, sweet and dry on the tail with some oak and walnuts.
Comments: Another impressive single grain whisky from the sadly closed Port Dundas distillery. Quite young for a grain whisky but already rich and complex in flavours with a delicate sweetness that is balanced with dark fruits, pleasant spices and a really enjoyable nuttiness. Definitely one for my cupboard which, however, won't last very long I suppose. Quaffable both neat or diluted.