Paul John Bold / 46% / 0.7l

John Distilleries Ltd has been producing blended whisky since 1992 and malt whisky since 2008.

While blends do not meet the European Union standards reserved for whisky (they are blended on the basis of sugar molasses), single malts, which reached the old continent in 2012, have gained a lot of supporters. They are distilled from barley grown at the foot of the Himalayas and partially aged in an underground, air-conditioned warehouse. Paul John Bold is one of the company's smoke-peat offerings, distilled from barley with a concentration of phenol compounds of 25 ppm (the peat used in the malting process came from the Isle of Islay). Bold is composed of distillates aged almost exclusively in bourbon barrels.

Aroma : fruity with a distinct smoky-peat note, apricots, mango, oranges, honey, licorice, traces of cinnamon and white pepper.

Taste : pleasantly balanced, honey, cappuccino, apples, pears, mango, cinnamon, nutmeg, a trace of tobacco and peat smoke in the background.

Finish: medium long, peat smoke, pepper, licorice and shy oak notes.