Hillrock Solera Aged Pinot Noir Finished Sip Whiskey bonfire-dram like many of the

bonfire-dram like many of the others from Islay

Gil Nickel purchased the winery and adjacent vineyard and began a three-year restoration of the property

Paul Pacult’s Spirit Journal

and baking spice with subtle peat undertones

a milder peated Islay may never before have been bottled

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