Dewar Rattray Tomintoul 1975 30 Years Old

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

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Toasted. Cigar wrapper, hard toffee. Oily and juicy with some orange zest. Fairly boisterous. Palate Dry oak, blonde tobacco, cigarette ash. Cereal, slight mint. Not knitted. Doesn’t cope with water. Finish Dry. Short. Comment Slightly angular. Not a lot seems to have happened.

Arthur Motley Nose Ripe melon, guava and a general perfumed fruitiness. Blackcurrant yoghurt. Warm lemon sponge cake, and perhaps a distant, background smoke. Palate Baked fruit, and a little waxiness, with a complex, aged woodiness. Finish Lightly medicinal. Comment Subtle and delicate, perhaps a little too much so.