Kinloch
8.9

Kinloch

35 Years Old Vintage Blend

ABV 46%

You could say it’s a one-dimensional sherry-heavy blend, but it has some lovely maturity.

Chris Goodrum

Specification

Kinloch Scotch Whisky

Brand

35 Years Old Vintage Blend

Expression

Blended

Type

35

Age (Years)

2016

Year of Bottling

46%

ABV

Scotland

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Chris Goodrum

Taster

Nose: Chunky Oloroso, some Armagnac-esque aged character. Hints of sultana, incense, dusty oak, heather, wood smoke, walnut and hazelnut along with freshening citrus notes.

Palate: Fresher and more citric. Holds the mature sherry in check. Lightly treacly, with dried fruit, cinnamon, violet tinged incense and wood smoke.

Finish: Good length with grain coming through. A little bittering from the oak.

Comment: You could say it’s a one-dimensional sherry-heavy blend, but it has some lovely maturity.

Score: 8.8

Joel Harrison

Taster

Nose: Ruby red, this leads to a port-like nose: rich and big with lots of stone fruits, oak and body. It feels like this has a backbone of good malt in it.

Palate: Shows off oak age, with a nice spicy bitterness that works well with a balance of some more stone fruits, red apple and lots of oak flavour.

Finish: Certainly good age on this, a hint of bitterness on the finish but also lots of red fruits.

Comment: I’d guess this is old and I’d have loved to try the constituent parts, even though it works well.

Score: 9

8.9
Overall Score

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