Hard to find Royal Lochnagars these days, a miniature will do. I do however believe that Royal Lochnagar is one of the most overlooked distilleries when it comes to what quality they can produce. I've not had many, but I've never been disappointed. Let's have another go at the 12yo. The color is golden and non-chill filtered. It smells malty, peppery, wheat biscuits, heather, cinnamon, orange zest, porter/stout, unripe bananas, dark chocolate, dry white wine. The taste is caramel, hazelnuts, malt syrup, port jello, camomile tea, vanilla, potato starch, leather. It's a traditional whisky in many aspects, no fuzz and bottled at perfect sipping strength. The finish is malty, dry and peppery.
The nose was good, the palate had its parts, but the finish dropped the whole experience for me: 5.5
Next tasting: Whisky from Canada and Italy (weird combo...)
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