Gordon & MacPhail Benromach 22 Years Old, Port Wood Finish

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 51 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Digestive biscuits (shortbread?) in the foreground, give way to distant background of ripe tropical fruits. Banana? Vanilla, too. Palate Viscous. Well done toast, unsalted butter and maybe home-made lemon curd. Finish Fruity? Faintly citric with traces of cocoa. Comment Should the pink tangerine blush of this whisky hint at Bacchus? He may have glanced at the cask, but I can’t find him in the glass.

Dave Broom Nose Distinctly pinky with a sweet, slightly jammy nose: rosehip jelly, rasps, stewed fruit tea, sweet apple and a hint of smoke. Palate Sweet start, a (balanced) grippy mid-palate then a slow, sweet wine gum like centre. Bittersweet wild fruits (rowan) balanced by oak. Finish Long and sweet. Comment A generous distillate given a little nudge by the finish. Very well balanced.