Like many blended scotch brands, AD Rattray was known to us first as a favored rum blend brand while drinking through the rums at Smuggler’s Cove. We were excited to find this (very reasonably) priced bottle at K&L Spirits and scooped it up immediately.
Quick overview of our scoring system
Tastes likes it noses. There’s a light bandage component weaved in with honeysuckle, cantaloupe, and lemon. The taste is rather delicate for an Islay (rather than the strong peat of a Laphroaig). Light end notes move from nice sweetness back into bandage territory. It tastes like what it’s advertised to be: a gateway into Islay for non-Islay drinkers. However, it may not be punchy enough for true peat fiends.
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