ABV 40.5%
Pretty much how mainland Scotch whisky should taste (holds breath for price).
Joel Harrison
Tullibardine
Brand
Tullibardine
Bottler
1970
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
2016
Year of Bottling
40.5%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: In tasting flights of whisky, you wait for a nose like this: sweet strawberry yet with a hint of balsamic vinegar and cracked black pepper to balance it out.
Palate: Quite a wonderful palate of really well-aged malt whisky, hints of freshly chopped mint play with big oak tones and that strawberry flavour once again.
Finish: Jammy Dodger biscuits served with a Blood Sand made with vintage Scotch.
Comment: Pretty much how mainland Scotch whisky should taste (holds breath for price).
Score: 9.5
Taster
Nose: Reeks of age. Elegant, malty, herbal and sweet with violet tinged incense and Armagnac dried prune, grape, fig and walnuts. Creamy vanilla balances with milk chocolate and green tea.
Palate: Complex mature malt, sherry and subtly sweet dates, plum and prune. Old Armagnac demeanour but the citrus adds a balancing freshness with hints of creamy vanilla.
Finish: Long, majestic and spiced (both sweet and dry) with vanilla and cigar/tea leaves.
Comment: Balanced and mature. Just how a sherry cask should be.
Score: 9.6
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