Scotch Malt Whisky Society 9 Years Old Millennium Malt

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 7 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Pungent. Piney, tar-like, intensely smoky, earthy, darkly sherried. Palate Coconut oiliness. Resiny. Fruity and phenolic. Finish Oaky and very salty. Immensely powerful, tenacious. Comment Frighteningly good. Godzilla is alive and well and living in Campbeltown.

Jim Murray Nose An extraordinarily delicate smokiness, boasting soft, plummy fruit and a gristy maltiness. Palate Bigger than the nose suggests: peat runs before everything else in between sweet maltiness. Finish Chewy, vanilla-rich, kippery, buttery, still gristy and a little young but wonderfully long. Comment A cask well worth keeping back to see in the new century. And, as a 9 Years Old, proves that youth can conquer over age. Spectacular.