Speyburn / 1973 - Whisky Magazine

Speyburn

1973

ABV 46%
REVIEWED Issue 15

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Specifications

Brand: Speyburn
Expression: 1973
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 46%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster 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.

7.8

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: Astonishingly 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.

7.8

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