Seven Seals
7.6

Seven Seals

Peated Single Malt, Port Wood Finish

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

Specification

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

Tasting Notes

Rob Allanson

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

Becky Paskin

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

7.6
Overall Score

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