Product description
Moon Import was founded in 1980 in Genoa and quickly became famous as an importer and distributor of high-quality wines and spirits.
It also had its own line of whiskies, rated as highly as the selection of the legendary Silvano Samaroli († 2017). Unexpectedly, in 2015 Pepi Mongiardino, the owner of the company, issued a statement that "after 35 years Moon Import is closing down". The Moon Collection presented here is a blended malt whisky made from single malts from the Scottish islands of Islay, Mull, Skye and Orkney, aged for at least 12 years in bourbon and sherry casks and bottled at 45% alcohol.
Nose : rich, sea breeze, seaweed, vanilla, caramel, raisins, milk chocolate, black pepper, a touch of nutmeg and peat smoke in the background.
Palate : vanilla, caramel, seaweed salad, salted peanuts, lemon peel, dried plums, hints of pepper, licorice and oak and a bit of smoke in the background.
Finish: medium long, with notes of sea breeze, salt and pepper, a mixture of dry herbs and peat smoke.