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Whisky Magazine Issue 103

World Whiskies Awards edition 2012

 

Provenance

Provenance Braeval 1996, 8 Years Old, Sherry finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 More attractive on the nose than on the palate. Water spreads it thin.

Provenance Lochnagar 1994
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 That guy hides a tender heart under a reserved manner. Give it time and a dash of fresh water. Definitely an outdoor dram.

Provenance Isle of Arran 8 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 A delicate but satisfyingly complex dram. Arran has been getting better and better, perhaps this will be the optimum age.

Provenance Isle of Arran 8 Years Old, Unchillfiltered
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 Uncomplicated but delicious.

Provenance The Glenrothes 13 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 Large, yet complex. A lovely example of this outstanding Speyside whisky which still has far too low a profile.

Provenance Macallan 1998 8 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 Definitely a summer dram. Fresh like a lemon soda. To be enjoyed with a smoked salmon sandwich.

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