Provenance Braeval 1996, 8 Years Old, Sherry finish

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 47 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Warm and sweet. Barley sugar, butterscotch, creamy strawberries. A hint of straw and cow’s breath. Young bracken. Touch of floor polish. Palate Satin-like. Oily. Extreme smoothness, close to softness. In harmony with the nose but less intense. Finish Soothing. Light spices. Almond skin. Comment More attractive on the nose than on the palate. Water spreads it thin.

Dave Broom Nose Concentrated baked fruit with an exotic note. Raisin, damp chamois leather and in time pineapple and earthen warehouse floors. Slightly fungal with a burnt note. Palate Full-bodied. Black cherry juice, overripe fruit, some crisp oak. Has an aversion to water. Finish Dry and oaky. Fortified wine. Comment A fragile dram. Interesting.