Deanston 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 11 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Dry. Light peat. Grass. Linseed, leather. Palate Lightly oily. Sweet. Lemon-zest. Lemon-grass. Lightly malty. Finish Sherbet. Lemon-zest again. Grass. Appetising nutty dryness. Comment More of a Lowland style. If Deanston were regarded as a Lowland distillery, it would score higher.

Jim Murray Nose Delicate intertwining of honey and butterscotch with a bite of dry oak. Redeemed, rather unusually, by a sprinkling of crushed rose petals. Palate A thin, insipid, start then a roar of spice, malt and oak in one mad rush. Finish Bitter at first then softening oak. Comment Oops. Nothing like the lovely dram at this age I normally come across. Pleasant enough, but too thin and lacklustre to be true.