ABV 58.7%
The elements separately are great but needs a bridge from each of them to be more balanced.
Rob Allanson
Seven Seals
Brand
Seven Seals
Bottler
Single Malt Port Wood Finish, Cask Proof
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
58.7%
ABV
Switzerland
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Goat’s cheese and honey. Hazelnut spread and condensed milk. Warm Eccles cakes with dark chocolate ice cream sprinkled with salt crystals and cocoa nibs.
Palate: The sweetness of honey balanced with blue goat’s cheese at first, then hot milk and Weetabix, brown sugar and apple compote. There’s hints of roast corn too.
Finish: Takes its time with a mix of salt and cocoa nibs.
Comment: The elements separately are great but needs a bridge from each of them to be more balanced.
Score: 7.3
Taster
Nose: Confectioners sugar and McDonald’s soft-serve vanilla ice cream with warm caramel sauce. Booze-soaked raisins and roasted chestnuts.
Palate: Malty, sour and a little hoppy. Water brings out cooked orchard fruit and strawberry and blackcurrant jam, peppered with baking spices like vanilla and cinnamon. There’s just a touch of smoke and sulphur there too.
Finish: A touch sulphuric and bitter.
Comment: There’s a touch of butyric too but less pronounced.
Score: 7.6
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