Product description
The Nectar, a Belgian whisky publisher, is a company founded in 2006 by two whisky connoisseurs, Maro Groteklaes and Jan Broekmans.
Its signature line is The Nectar of the Daily Dram, available primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. In 2021, the company celebrated its 15th anniversary with a limited edition (1,200 bottles) of The Nectar 15th Anniversary Blended Malt, blended by Compass Box Whisky Company. Its formula consists of 55% Laphroaig aged in re-charred hogshead barrels (American oak), while the remaining 45% is a 14-year-old single malt from an undisclosed distillery in the Highlands, aged in heavily charred French oak barrels.
Nose : peat smoke, iodine, seaweed, lemons, vanilla, toffee, lapsang souchong tea, roasted nuts, apples, pineapples, a handful of fresh herbs and oak.
Taste : smokey-fruity, pineapple, papaya, honeydew melon, toffee, milk chocolate, vanilla, honey, licorice, white pepper, salted nuts and mint leaf.
Finish : quite long, with notes of peat smoke, tropical fruit, toffee, chocolate and toasted oak.