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57%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Bright amber
Nose: Burnt down bonfire, spicy sea breeze, just a very faint fruitiness.
Palate: Peat and pepper, but also a bit of salt and slightly herbal note.
Finish: Very long, smoky and spicy, some sweetness is noticeable later
Overall: An excellent dram, I like it a tad better than the standard 10yo. Fruiter nose but peatier and spicier palate.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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First Fil Dark Sherry – 49.4%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Dark brown
Nose: Slightly smoky and maritime, cherries, cocoa
Palate: Cherries, dark chocolate, a hint of tea, minimal peat, quite dry
Finish: Long, fruity smoke, a surprising herbal touch right at the end.
Overall: Very complex and concentrated, the lightly peated sherry fruitiness reminds me a bit of Bowmore. Wood tannins are surely there after 35 years, but not overwhelmingly strong.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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45.8%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Very intense, maritime smokiness meets dried fruit
Palate: Peaty and spicy, but also with notes of raisins and dark chocolate
Finish: Long, dry smoke, slightly sweet
Overall: The old version has much more sherry influence than its modern brother. I wouldn’t say it’s better, but it is intriguingly different.
Score: 86/100 – No price information as this is a collector’s bottle
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40%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Sea breeze, a bit of smoke, citrus fruit, vanilla
Palate: Slightly peaty, slightly herbal, salt, caramel, quite spicy
Finish: Long and dry with smoky caramel
Overall: A nice balance of quite a few different flavours, more maritime on the nose than on the palate.
Score: 83/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Just discontinued in favour of the new 16yo- 40%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Vanilla, citrus fruit, cloves, slightly maritime and a bit herbal
Palate: Herbal attack giving way to vanilla, caramel and nuts, slightly spicy
Finish: Medium long, vanilla
Overall: A bit too “plain” for my taste. I can’t stop thinking that there is something missing in this whisky.
Score: 73/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Cask No. 2903 – 55.3%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Slightly maritime, tropical fruit (pineapple, mango), just a tiny bit of smoke
Palate: Less fruity than the nose suggests, caramel, some citrus notes, nutmeg, rather sweet
Finish: Medium long and sweet
Overall: Very little noticeable peat, the palate could be a bit fruitier for my taste, but still very pleasant.
Score: 85/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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43%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Apples, grapes, dark chocolate, slightly smoky and maritime
Palate: A good deal of caramel, apple, slightly salty and quite spicy
Finish: Medium long and slightly smoky
Overall: A nice daily dram, lightly peated, lightly sherried and well-balanced
Score: 79/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Murray McDavid – 46%
My Tasting Note:
Nose: Very strong, caramel, mango, a wee bit of smoke
Palate: Caramel, chocolate, dried plums, slightly spicy
Finish: Long, sweet and slightly smoky
Overall: A very nice whisky, perhaps it would have been even better if the finish was a little less dominant.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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45.8%
My Tasting Note:
Nose: Gentle smoke, a sea breeze, exotic spices, nutmeg in particular
Palate: Dry peat, a bit of sea water, nutmeg, pepper, a hint of dark chocolate
Finish: Long and spicy with the typical Talisker “chili catch”
Overall: A very fine whisky, perfect balance between peat and spice. Too bad they raised the price to stellar leveles.
Score: 90/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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First Fill Bourbon – 60.3 %
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Slightly smoky, slightly spicy, vanilla, lemon
Palate: Strong vanilla, ginger, pepper, cloves, lemon
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: Another quite spicy Adelphi. The peat that is noticeable in the nose is covered by vanilla and spices on the palate. Quite nice, but a little bit rough for my taste.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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