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Spirit of Hven Rackafallsbyn Single Malt, 45%
Price: $179 ● Issue: Summer 2012 ● Reviewer: Dominic Roskrow
There are now fourteen distilleries in Sweden. This is the second one after Mackmyra to start bottling whisky, and it's rather good. It's clearly young, but there are big flavors here, including blackcurrant and rich citrus fruits early on, then a Highland-style earthiness toward the end, with distinctive peat lasting longest into the finish. There is a lot to like here, and with age the line between fruit and peat will become more blurred. 1295 SEK