Gordon & MacPhail / 22 Years Old, Port Wood Finish

Gordon & MacPhail

Benromach

22 Years Old, Port Wood Finish

ABV 45%
REVIEWED Issue 51

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Specifications

Brand: Benromach, Gordon & MacPhail
Expression: 22 Years Old, Port Wood Finish
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 22 years old
ABV: 45%
Country/Region: Scotland
Bottling type: Independent Bottling
Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Distinctly pinky with a sweet, slightly jammy nose: rosehip jelly, rasps, stewed fruit tea, sweet apple and a hint of smoke.
Palate: Sweet start, a (balanced) grippy mid-palate then a slow, sweet wine gum like centre. Bittersweet wild fruits (rowan) balanced by oak.
Finish: Long and sweet.
Comment: A generous distillate given a little nudge by the finish. Very well balanced.

8.0

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Digestive biscuits (shortbread?) in the foreground, give way to distant background of ripe tropical fruits. Banana? Vanilla, too.
Palate: Viscous. Well done toast, unsalted butter and maybe home-made lemon curd.
Finish: Fruity? Faintly citric with traces of cocoa.
Comment: Should the pink tangerine blush of this whisky hint at Bacchus? He may have glanced at the cask, but I can't find him in the glass.

7.3

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