Cadenhead's Banff 24 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 12 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Clean, dry, peat-smoke fragrance. A hint of the sea? Palate Vanilla. Syrupy-sweet flavours. Grassy. Sundried grass. Finish Lemon grass. Complex spiciness. Gingery, dry. Very long. Comment The best Banff I have tasted. Shows its age but the finish reveals real depth and staying power.

Jim Murray Nose Over ripe banana and papaya star in this fruity production. Otherwise hot and slightly over oaked. Palate For all the alcoholic oomph, it's rather thin taste-wise, except for an exceptionally sweet maltiness which grows rather charmingly and is the high point. Finish Thinner still, despite a hint of cocoa. Still hot and off-balanced by the bullying oak. Comment This was probably a half decent dram 12 years ago.