Dewar Rattray Glen Garioch

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 66 by Dave Broom and Martine Nouet.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose It’s green! It might be the colour, but there’s a green olive brine/feta cheese note alongside creosote covered twine. Minty oily with some smoke. Palate Improves on the palate, oily and rich with fair grip. There’s light coal smoke and the cheesy note doesn’t intrude. Good length and balance. Finish Juniper and little smoke. Comment A quirky little number. Well worth a look.

Martine Nouet Nose Spirity. Seems very young. Grassy. Freshly cut lawn. Lemon grass. Palate Sweet with a cheesy back note. Finish Tangy, not revealing much. Comment That baby needed to be cradled in oak a few more years. It can hardly mutter a few aromas. Or is it just a maturation in a tired cask?