Auchentoshan / 1979 Oloroso 32 Years Old

Auchentoshan

1979 Oloroso 32 Years Old

ABV 50.5%
REVIEWED Issue 110

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Specifications

Brand: Auchentoshan
Expression: 1979 Oloroso 32 Years Old
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 32 years old
ABV: 50.5%
Country/Region: Scotland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Neil Ridley

Nose: Freshly peeled mandarin orange, lychee, passion fruit, and blackcurrant leaf.
Palate: The blackcurrant takes the wheel for a spin across the tongue, with a note of very dark cigar leaf, overripe fig, bittersweet PX sherry and very dry, tannic Rioja.
Finish: Bold oak and the cigar leaf hang around, with a faint puff of cigar smoke.
Comment: Excellent.

8.5

Taster Rob Allanson

Nose: Dried raisins, damp linen, polished oak, beeswax, pork scratchings, lino floor covering, but also bags of fruit salad, some exotic fleshy fruits and vanilla sugar.
Palate: Syrup sweetness hits first, peach juice and then the prickle of apricot skins. Waxy mango skin with a little citrus. But there are some dark, roasted spices building.
Finish: Spiced and big, with a little humidor edge to it.
Comment: A wonderful integrated dram.

8.4

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