What could this be then? a smokers malt from Speyside, bottled in Germany. Could be just about any speysider then? I'll do some guessing along the way, as I taste. I got this one at auction at a vey fair price. What got my attention is the age, for a whisky like this, its rather out of the norm these days. The color is golden. It smells straw, perfume, malty, pickled beetroot, riesling white wine, grassy. I can't avoid thinking of Dufftown Distillery, Glendullan or Glen Moray. The taste is sweet, more on riesling, peppery, vanilla, floral, garden fruits, peach tea, nutty, pears, banana. It's a light, bourbon oak-influenced speysider, and it could be from just any lesser profiled distillery from that region, I think. The finish is on dry licorice, honey, vanilla and apricot jam.
No big thrills, but flawless non the less: 6
Next tasting: Something young, yet old. A rare bottling of a commercial brand to celebrate Christmas.
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