Dewar Rattray Craigellachie 1989 16 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 60 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Mature, cooked apple, quite chewy. Attics. Spent candles. Reminiscent of a chocolate chip cookie after being dunked. Becomes very sooty. Palate More like chimneys than attics. The chocolate is still there as are the aromatics. Hot! Finish Still soot. Comment The different elements haven’t been pulled together. A better cask would have given some order and control.

Arthur Motley Nose Gooseberries, rhubarb and watermelon flavoured Jolly Ranchers. Hay and wet varnish. Palate Vibrant fruitiness and textured sweetness. More watermelon sweets and Turkish Delight With time a dried fish or prawny element appeared. Finish Green, sappy oakiness some smoked fish. Comment An elegant oaky whisky, but the dried fish element was only apparent after half an hour in glass most people will have glugged this by then.