ABV 40%
As vanilla as your 99.
Laura Foster
Glen Moray
Brand
15 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
15
Age (Years)
2017
Year of Bottling
40%
ABV
Speyside
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Something cool about this nose; dulce de leche and vanilla ice creams. You could be in a hay barn, with juicy redcurrant and herbal tomato leaf wafting in, while drinking leftover milk from your cornflakes.
Palate: Salted caramel ice cream. Straw nose is greener on the palate, like freshly mown grass. Water amps up the ice cream while dialling back the salt. A light-bodied dram.
Finish: A smattering of white pepper. Lemon rind and wood shavings, before a metallic finish.
Comment: As vanilla as your 99.
Score: 7.5
Taster
Nose: Needs time to open up, and for that slight mustiness to fade. One is rewarded by maple syrup, dried apricots and sultanas, with hazelnuts and walnuts.
Palate: Curious metallic note, flashes of feints and sulphur, something slightly brackish, which dampen some classically expressed dried fruits, redcurrants and raspberry jam.
Finish: Short, slightly bitter – though not through acidity – with residual dried fruits.
Comment: Something curious, as if a crafty cask has bowled it a googly.
Score: 7
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