Old Pulteney 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 48 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose A sour note at start. Cow milking station. Then exotic fruit. Caramelised pineapple, dry coconut. Tamarind juice. Palate Syrupy. Mouth-coating. Sweet but with a good balance between sweet and sour. Coconut flan. Fresh ginger Finish Balanced. Sappy. Hint of mint and ginger. Comment Forget about the first nose and enjoy that luscious exotic profile. But no water, thank you.

Dave Broom Nose Oily, big and peachy (and come to think of it, beachy). Whisky-saturated barrels. A strangely appetising mix of apricot, ripe fruit and wet oilskins. Palate Lush and rounded with a rich, deep almost leathery structure. Unctuous and fruity. Balanced. Finish Big, long and oily. Comment Seems like a younger whisky, if so it has held its own very well in some pretty extraordinary company.