I believe this is my third miniature of the 1250 bottles from cask#1102. I'm not definitively sure its all miniatures from this cask, but with that number of bottles, one could very well assume so. 60.1%abv is a decent strength after 16 years on wood. How better to taste a Millburn than with most of its strength intact? The color is amber golden. It smells honey, spirity, waxy, engine oil, butterscotch, dark chocolate, cocoa, burnt butter, oil paint, a slightly strange one. This is quite the whisky, I believe it carries a lot of aroma, enough to keep most punters at bay, but then again, if your adventurous and want to experience the wild side of Inverness, please enjoy. The taste is all on dry white wine, honey, lemon rind, grapefruit bitterness, starchy, peppery, aniseed, mustard, strong stuff! Adding water. Now it turns more honeyed, richer, saltier, more buttery, peat, leather, ashes, filled with sweet bitterness. The finish is dry, oaky, dry white wine, butter, grassy, salt water, wheat biscuits, a bit hard to follow. But with all these fruity/floral whiskies these days, if you wanna have a go at old school, leather and attic smells, this is the concentrate you're looking for.
Not for the wine/sherry cask freaks, rather a humble whisky with a much wilder side: 8
Next tasting: 14yo Smokers Malt from Speyside(???)
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