77
- Nose
- Incredibly phenolic. Creosote. Meaty. Bacon. A slight butyric note in the back. Ash. Smoky when diluted.
- Palate
- Smooth and sweet then an explosion of pepper and ginger, fading on dry nuttiness.
- Finish
- Lingering. Liquoriced, with a dry woody bitterness.
- Comment
- A Speyside? The most Islayish of all the Speysides I have ever tasted. Interesting as a freak even if wood toughens the whole profile a little.
80
- Nose
- Peat. Smoky and turfy moving into coal tar/bitumen with real baked fruit sweetness behind. Opens up into dried heather and turf.
- Palate
- Immense smoke, then sweet rich mouthfeel with nuttiness and a slight medicinal edge.
- Finish
- Cereal and smoke. Long. Bitumen. Embers.
- Comment
- A shock to find something this phenolic in this part of the world – but a great dram.
Whisky Magazine Issue 46
Best of the Best - Champions of Whisky 2005 - Icons of Whisky - Glen Gant - Adelphi - Distillery buy-out two years on.
Published March 2005.
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