Lark Distillery Chinotto Citrus Cask Single Malt Whisky 44% 500ml

Now this is a story unlike any other — strange, bold, and fragrant with sunburnt citrus groves and mountain air. The whisky itself shines amber-gold, but the nose is where the surrealism starts: candied orange peel, bitter chinotto soda, pine sap, smoked honeycomb, and a touch of old eucalyptus wardrobe.

Take a sip and the citrus explodes — bitter orange, marmalade, lime zest — chased by sweet barley, ginger syrup, and a woodsy undercurrent like sandalwood and dried herbs. There’s a slight medicinal note, somewhere between cola and tonic bark, but it works — it’s complex, herbal, mysterious.

The finish is long and drying — all citrus pith, chinotto bitterness, oak spice, and Tasmanian wilderness. This is not a dram for everyone. But for those who like their whisky with eccentricity and cinematic flair? A masterpiece waiting to be deciphered.