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Cadenhead's

Banff

24 Years Old

ABV 58.3%
REVIEWED Issue 12

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Specifications

Brand: Banff, Cadenhead's
Expression: 24 Years Old
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 24 years old
ABV: 58.3%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Independent Bottling

Tasting notes

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Clean, dry, peat-smoke fragrance. A hint of the sea?
Palate: Vanilla. Syrupy-sweet flavours. Grassy. Sundried grass.
Finish: Lemon grass. Complex spiciness. Gingery, dry. Very long.
Comment: The best Banff I have tasted. Shows its age but the finish reveals real depth and staying power.

7.0

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: Over ripe banana and papaya star in this fruity production. Otherwise hot and slightly over oaked.
Palate: For all the alcoholic oomph, it's rather thin taste-wise, except for an exceptionally sweet maltiness which grows rather charmingly and is the high point.
Finish: Thinner still, despite a hint of cocoa. Still hot and off-balanced by the bullying oak.
Comment: This was probably a half decent dram 12 years ago.

6.3

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Banff (Closed 1983) Distillery, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Speyside, Scotland

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