ABV 40%
Delicious and a good mix of savoury and sweet. The cask seems to have exerted a little too much influence on the liquid.
Rob Allanson
Seven Seals
Brand
Seven Seals
Bottler
Peated Single Malt, Port Wood Finish
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
40%
ABV
Switzerland
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Full-fat fresh milkshakes with blackcurrant syrup. Cherry ice cream with caramel wafers. There’s smoke, wood-smoked duck with cherry sauce.
Palate: Warm straw and creamy goat’s cheese. But then there’s fruit coming through, strawberries and black pepper spiciness. Olive oil flatbreads and a little charred wood.
Finish: That charred wood stays, tempered by blueberry compote.
Comment: Delicious and a good mix of savoury and sweet. The cask seems to have exerted a little too much influence on the liquid.
Score: 7.5
Taster
Nose: An overwhelming hit of butyric acid and bonfire smoke. Lots of caramel and sticky fruit in damson jam, sweet figs and a couple of overripe strawberries.
Palate: Mouth-coating and a little sour, with Austrian smoked cheese dominating. The dark fruits fight with blackberries, strawberries and damsons, which mingle nicely with the smoke.
Finish: Smoked Edam and fruit chutney.
Comment: For me the butyric acid is quite pronounced, but it’s not always a negative quality. This is still an interesting dram.
Score: 7.8
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