Langatun 5 Year Old - Wajos

Nose

At first sniff you think: "Okay, that could work." Honey - nice. Extremely cereal-like - well, that happens with young whiskies. A little malty sweetness - at least something. With a lot of imagination, you can even detect a touch of peach and a hint of coffee. So far, so solid.
Then comes the reality check: solvent and superglue in the background. Not subtle. Not charming. Just there. It's as if someone had diluted the distillate with DIY store chemicals. This is the moment when you ask yourself whether the five years of maturation were perhaps a few years too little after all.

Taste

The first sip confirms all fears. Slight creaminess - more wishful thinking than reality. Grain, mango, apple - it's all there, but so thin that you wonder whether there's any whisky in the glass at all or just flavoured water.
Somewhat malty sounds good on paper, but feels like a bashful whisper at a concert. The main problem: the 40% alcohol strength makes this whisky so mild that it would lose out to mineral water. Here, quantity was obviously prioritised over quality - or rather: profit over taste.

Finish

A little dry - that's it. Slight youth shines through - a diplomatic way of saying "tastes unripe". Another hint of apple and some milk chocolate, but everything is so fleeting that you hardly notice it before it's gone again.