Fleurieu Distillery Albatross Whisky SA 46% 700ml

Genre: Sea-Soaked Reverie — Salt, Smoke, and Stillness

Named after the windbound wanderer of southern skies, Albatross is Fleurieu’s ode to the maritime malt — one that floats between storm and stillness. Matured by the sea, it carries coastal DNA: salt, seaweed, woodsmoke, and a hush of malted grain on a cold wind.

The nose evokes a windswept jetty at dusk: briny peat, kelp, charred oak, lemon oil, and damp wool. Behind the storm — baked pear, vanilla, and a ghost of spent fireside logs.

On the palate: soft coastal peat up front, followed by malt biscuit, salt-sprayed toffee, and roasted nuts. Oak structure runs clean — slightly tannic, drying, but never sharp. Smoke moves in curls, not waves.

Mid-palate: ginger spice, salted almond, dried citrus peel. The texture is waxy, the mood introspective.

Finish: long and mineral. Ash, salt, and sweet grain fade like fog retreating at sunrise. A maritime malt with the soul of a traveler.

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