{"id":1228,"date":"2022-10-22T17:07:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T17:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2022-10-22T17:07:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T17:07:36","slug":"mac-talla-strata-15-yo-islay-single-malt-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/22\/mac-talla-strata-15-yo-islay-single-malt-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac-Talla Strata 15 yo Islay Single Malt, 46%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review #912 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strata is a reference to the rocks Islay stands on. Complex and layered, as this whisky, which is matured in Bourbon and Sherry casks. Mellow peat on <strong>the nose<\/strong>. A bit of Sherry influence if you know it\u2019s there, and really search for it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we go! More peaty in <strong>the taste<\/strong>, with an instant boost of spices. A bit of dried fruits as well, which comes more forward in <strong>the finish<\/strong>. After a couple of minutes in the glass, the spices really picks up! Some citrusy and salty notes as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is actually quite sweet, but it\u2019s not sugary sweetness, but the sweetness you get from the dried fruits. The peat is also interesting \u2013 not a kick like young potent Islay whisky, and not subtle like old peated whisky, but just somewhere in the middle. I will give this <strong>86\/100<\/strong> (21\/22\/21\/22).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review #912 (2022) Strata is a reference to the rocks Islay stands on. Complex and layered, as this whisky, which is matured in Bourbon and Sherry casks. Mellow peat on the nose. A bit of Sherry influence if you know it\u2019s there, and really search for it\u2026 Here we go! More peaty in the taste, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scotland","category-single-malt-unknown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskyviking.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}