Signatory Straight from the Cask
7.6

Signatory Straight from the Cask

Laphroaig Distillery

Aged 11 Years, Port Finish

ABV 60%

Intriguing, but a little too much imposed sweetness for my taste.

Gavin Smith

Specification

Signatory Straight from the Cask

Brand

Signatory

Bottler

Aged 11 Years, Port Finish

Expression

Single Malt

Type

11

Age (Years)

60%

ABV

Islay

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith

Taster

Nose: Red wine, stewed fruit, delicate wood smoke.

Palate: Initially very dry and intense, but soon becomes remarkably sweet, even reminiscent of a hot toddy for a few seconds.

Finish: More of the dryness returns, but still sweet-cherry-flavoured cough lozenges dominates.

Comment: Intriguing, but a little too much imposed sweetness for my taste.

Score: 7.5

Dave Broom

Taster

Nose: The colour of onion skin. Fragrant perfumed smoke. Quite light. Cigar smoke mixing with sea shell, sloe, strawberry, travel sweets, a floral note.

Palate: Bone dry (oak and soot). A touch of seaweed. A fizzy fruitiness in the middle.

Finish: Great: sweet red fruits balance dry smoke.

Comment: Good, but seems to come in different sections rather than a complete package.

Score: 7.8

7.6
Overall Score

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