Douglas Laing Ardbeg 1992 12 Years Old, Rum Finish, Park Avenue Liquors

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 48 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Fragrant. Saffron. Palate Delicate. Slips down like a freshly shucked oyster. Sweet, then smoky, then toasty. Finish Sharply appetising acidity. Comment With smoked salmon and a squeeze of lemon.

Dave Broom Nose Cooked fruit, light medicinal notes, fish oil, black olives in brine, dried seaweed. Vanilla. Palate Layered flavours. Starts sweet (banana) then Savlon, seaweed, tar-covered pebbles, with perfumed smoke on top. Balanced. Finish Tarry. Peat. Comment Good balance between heavy phenols and sweet creamy oak. Along, generous, palate filler.