Chieftain's Choice Banff 1978, Sherry Wood Tasting notes and reviews
Chieftain's Choice Banff 1978, Sherry Wood
- Brand
- Chieftain's Choice
- Expression
- Banff 1978, Sherry Wood
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 46.00%
- Vintage
- 1978
- Produced at
- Ian Macleod & Co Ltd ~ Banff Distillery (Closed 1983)
- Region
- Speyside
- Website
- www.ianmacleod.com
- Availability
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Michael Jackson
67- Nose
- Reticent. After some coaxing, dried fruits – apricots, figs. Oily, monster nuts – Brazils?
- Palate
- Dark, burnt cake (Dundee cake perhaps?). Liquorice. More oiliness, treacle toffee, bitumen.
- Finish
- Burnt. Bitter notes. Drying but warming.
- Comment
- Too burnt and dry. Not for everyone. Reminds me of a particular espresso and grappa, standing outside the Arsenale, on a winter's morning.
Dave Broom
82- Nose
- Big and mature with a hint of smoke. Quite resinous: liquorice and leather, wood oil, sultana fruit cake, clinker. In time there's a note of wrinkled apple, baked fruits.
- Palate
- Very soft and rounded and less dry than the nose suggests. Honeyed with a layered feel: marzipan, turmeric/curry leaf even some peach.
- Finish
- Very spicy.
- Comment
- This has complexity, though does lose some intensity and mouth feel with water.
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