.miltonduff 31yo - smws 72.36 - holy moly

We joined in a "whisky for a year" bottle share back in 2014, where we received an smws bottle(share) each month. Good times, I only never got around to taste them until now. A shame really...

44.6% abv, €225
single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, marshmallows, vanilla, fruit, kiwi, cactus fruit, passion fruit, galia melon, a hint of new leather
Palate: sweet, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, fruity, kiwi, cactus fruit, spicy, black pepper, a hint of allspice

Finish: medium long, sweet, fruity, melon, kiwi, cactus fruit
Mark: +++/++ 

Conclusion: Strange. Special. Uncommon. Unexpected. Weird. All not too positive notes I would say, but still rather nice. Fairly non-whisky like because of the sweetness and the strange fruit notes. I am not really familiar with Miltonduff, and am not really sure this is an average note of the brand. Time to investigate more, since she is strange, but nice...

More info: distilled on 03/11/1981, matured in a refill ex-Bourbon hogshead for 31 years before it was filled into only 51 bottles in 2014.