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The peated Loch Lomond single cask – 45%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Gold
Nose: Farmyard on a foggy day, smoke, hints of lemon, raisins and chocolate
Palate: Peat, citrus fruit, cocoa, dried fruit, a bit of honey
Finish: Long, peaty fruit
Overall: Remarkably smooth and yet very complex for a 4 yo. The unusual taste takes a while getting used to but is not unpleasant. Interestingly strange.
Score: 82/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Sherry finish – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Bright amber
Nose: Honey, sultanas, cherries, slightly malty
Palate: Pineapple, honey, chocolate ,vanilla, quite sweet overall
Finish: Long, sweet and fruity
Overall: Very smooth and fruity, perhaps a tad on the sweet side. Enjoyable but not overly complex.
Score: 82/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Barrel – DL Old Malt Cask series – 50%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Gold
Nose: Honey, apples, vanilla, a tiny bit of smoke
Palate: Apples, a hint of pineapple, honey, vanilla, quite spicy and minimally smoky
Finish: Long and fruity
Overall: A very nice fruity dram, creamy and rich in flavour. The amount of spice is just about right.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Hogshead 4751 – 58.4%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Water with a yellow tint
Nose:Mostly vanilla, with a hint of lemon and a tiny whiff of smoke
Palate: Nuts and vanilla, lemon, a bit of orange, ginger
Finish: Long, dry and minimally smoky
Overall: Nice and well balanced, much more complex than the very pale colour suggests.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Barrel – 59%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Bright gold
Nose: Honey, vanilla, apples, a hint of lemon
Palate: More honey and vanilla, lemon zest, a mild spiciness that grows by adding water
Finish: Medium long and quite dry
Overall: A straightforward but quite enjoyable bourbon cask whisky.
Score: 82/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Sherry Hogshead 1422 – 55.7%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Amber
Nose: Big, dried figs ,cocoa, raisins, a whiff of vinegar
Palate: Quite herbal, nuts, caramel, cassis, figs, some chili
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: Needs time and water to open up. Great nose, but the palate is too herbal for my taste, and even with quite a lot of water it is pretty “hot”.
Score: 74/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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43%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Honey, vanilla, fresh grapes, a bit spirity
Palate: Honey, raisins, a bit like rum, caramel, spirity
Finish: Rather long and fruity
Overall: Quite enjoyable, but the youthful spirit character is a bit too dominant
Score: 80/100 – No price/value information as this is a collector’s bottle
Side note: “Kirsch” is only the bottler’s name. No cherries were harmed in creating this whisky!
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57.2%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Dark gold
Nose: Not very strong, raisins, citrus, a hint of tea
Palate: Cocoa, caramel, faint oranges, quite spicy
Finish: Medium long, spicy
Overall: The wood spicyness is a bit too dominant for my taste, it takes quite a bit of water to soften it down. But still quite a nice dram.
Score: 81/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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The new flagship malt from Glenmorangie – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Ripe fruit, chocolate, exotic spices
Palate: Coffee, chocolate, dark berries, ginger, orange zest, cinnamon
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: A very good malt, well-balanced, full-bodied and very complex. But I think the price is a bit too much on the expensive side.
Score: 87/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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40%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Vanilla, apples, citrus fruit, a slight hint of smoke
Palate: Vanilla, nuts, slightly spicy, just a faint fruitiness
Finish: Medium long, mostly vanilla, minimally smoky
Overall: The nose is quite pleasant, but the palate lacks complexity and is a bit bland.
Score: 72/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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