Duncan Taylor & Company

The Manse
Princes Street
Huntly
Aberdeenshire
AB54 8HB
Scotland

Telephone: 01466 795 055
Fax: 01466 794 618
Email: euan.shand@dtcscotch.com

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Whiskies from 'Duncan Taylor & Company'

Read the Whisky Magazine tastings notes for whiskies from Duncan Taylor & Company.

• Auld Reekie 12 Years Old

A drinkable, if relatively undemanding whisky. Perhaps a good introduction to Islay.

• Battlehill Auchentoshan 6 Years Old

• Battlehill Ben Nevis 7 Years Old

• Battlehill Miltonduff 7 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Auchentoshan 6 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Auld Reekie

• Duncan Taylor Blend, 38 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Bowmore 22 Years Old

An almost unpeated version of Bowmore? A (too) perfect integration of peat in wood? Unusual.

• Duncan Taylor Bruichladdich 1969, 33 Years Old

Good balance-has stood up to its cask well, retaining a zest not overwhelmed by age.

• Duncan Taylor Bunnahabhain 1966

• Duncan Taylor Bunnahabhain 1969, 36 Years Old

Hasn't held up for its age anything like as well as the previous thirty-something Bruichladdich. The cask has won this battle.

• Duncan Taylor Caperdonich 1969 34 Years Old

Quite engaging, but just past its best.

• Duncan Taylor Caperdonich 33 Years Old

A well knitted dram. On the fruit side. More complex than it appears. Oak is well integrated. A pity such a treasure is lost!

• Duncan Taylor Duncan Taylor Blend, 15 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Glen Garioch 1988

Has the X factor.

• Duncan Taylor Glen Garioch 1988 18 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Glen Garioch 1988, 16 Years Old

Very sweet but the classic heather honey is balanced by the gently peaty, smoky dryness that has vanished from most Highland malts.

• Duncan Taylor Glen Grant 1970, Speyside Region Selection No 2

A lot of cask here but strangely subtle for such a heavy beast.

• Duncan Taylor Glen Grant 31 Years Old

A reticent nose is completely eclipsed by a huge but uncomplicated palate. Benefits greatly from water.

• Duncan Taylor Glen Grant C3490 Cask Strength Rare Auld Scotch Whisky

Elegant and sophisticated.

• Duncan Taylor Glen Keith 1971 33 Years Old, Cask 8066

An old fellow on the edge of declining but with attractive sweet richness. No water, please !

• Duncan Taylor Glendronach, 14 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Highland Park 1984 Cask 1731, 22 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Imperial 1990 Cask 352, 17 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Invergordon 1965 38 Years Old

Such a long ageing has made the bourbon wood very dominating. The crisp, cleansing, hint of pine in the distillery bottling better suited a single grain.

• Duncan Taylor Invergordon 1965 40 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Invergordon 1965 Cask 15517 41 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Invergordon 1978 Cask 1873 26 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Invergordon 40 Years Old

An interesting profile. Well matured. The butyric note on the nose does not echo on the palate.

• Duncan Taylor Invergordon 40 Years Old

Want to get bourbon drinkers into whisky, give ‘em grain! Maybe not 40 Years Old grain but it could be the way in.

• Duncan Taylor Inverleven 26 Years Old, Cask 1873

An interesting character. Much sweeter on the palate that expected from the nose. Water brings out an unpleasant cardboardy touch.

• Duncan Taylor Islay Malt, 10 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Knockando 1980, 23 Years Old, Cask 1913

Knockando is always a well-mannered whisky, although this expression seems a tad tired.

• Duncan Taylor Lindores Abbey

• Duncan Taylor Lonach, 10 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Macduff 1968 Cask 8546, 38 Years Old

• Duncan Taylor Macduff 1969

• Duncan Taylor North British 27 Years Old

The palate does not have the refreshing appeal of the nose. Water tames it but not enough to make it really palatable.

• Duncan Taylor Scapa 1977

• Duncan Taylor Strathisla 37 Years Old, Cask 1332

More complexity on the nose than on the palate. A pleasant whisky though. But quite disappointing for a Strathisla of that age.

• Duncan Taylor The Big Smoke

• Duncan Taylor The Glenrothes 35 Years Old

Old with a certain sexy, slinky quality.

• NC2 Caol Ila, 15 Years Old

• NC2 Highland Park 13 Years Old

• NC2 Imperial

An aperitif dram.

• NC2 Isle of Arran, 10 Years Old

• NC2 Springbank, 10 Years Old

• Rarest of the Rare Inverleven 1977

• Rarest of the Rare Mosstowie 1975 30 Years Old

Tempting nose, the palate is somewhat tougher. A good example of classic bourbon maturation. Pleasant.

• Scottish Glory

• Whisky Galore Ben Nevis 10 Years Old

• Whisky Galore Blended Malt Whisky, 16 Years Old

• Whisky Galore Caol Ila 13 Years Old Cask Strength

• Whisky Galore Highland Park 11 Years Old

• Whisky Galore Highland Park 14 Years Old

• Whisky Galore Mortlach 12 Years Old

• Whisky Galore Mortlach 16 Years Old, Sherry, Cask Strength

• Whisky Galore Mortlach 1988, Cask Strength

Good weight of spirit, but needs more from the cask to make it great.

• Whisky Galore Old Pulteney 17 Years Old

• Whisky Galore Rosebank 15 Years Old, Cask Strength

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