Berry's Own Selection Rosebank 1990

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 51 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Youthfully fresh and clean. Slight cleansing acidity – sparkling lemonade? Palate Lemon sharpness, balanced by a barley sugar sweetness. Finish First warming lemon ginger, then, later, a hint of dark organic chocolate. Comment A teasing early freshness is the overture to a richer, modestly structured, conclusion.

Dave Broom Nose Clean, sweet and quite delicate. Light sappy notes: chewing on a leaf of grass, gooseberry jam, raffia. Becomes floral with a hint of flat ginger beer. Palate Light and fragrant becoming very sugary (gomme) with good delivery. Hay, coriander seed. A little hollow. Finish Drying slightly, surprisingly long Comment An attractive summery aperitif. Just lacks a middle.