Dewar Rattray Longmorn 1990 14 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 41 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Delicately flavoured peat. Even more delicate sweet malt background. Palate Austere. Cereal grain. Dry. Passion fruit. Bittersweet. Finish Glowing. Long. Comment I loved the aroma. After that the stern, impenetrable palate was frustrating but in keeping with the mood. A good, old-fashioned Speysider.

Dave Broom Nose Juicy and rather pretty. Orange, lime, malt. Becomes fruitier in time: pear juice/fresh pineapple. Quite tense. Palate Hint of mustiness but good weight. Fruit syrup. Seems to dry and tighten from mid-palate back. Finish Dry, grassy. Comment More about feel than flavour. Seems pent up.