Speyburn 1973

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 15 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Very fruity, estery, leafy, spicy. Tea-like. Apples, cloves. Palate Firm, clean sweet. Pastry. Marzipan. Finish Fragrant, perfumy, flowery, herbal. Heathery, gently peaty, smoky. Comment Another light-tasting malt that blossoms with age. Its flavours belie the use of a malt that is scarcely peated.

Jim Murray Nose Astonishing light: the malty grassiness is closer to it being an 8 Years Old!! Oak is apparent but almost apologetic. Palate At its height the intensity is a must for chocoholics. Finish Dry and jaded with the cocoa keeping a lid on the oaky excesses. Comment The nose lies. A classic example of a Speysider beyond its prime. Ultimately it fails to give full satisfaction.