- Nose: 22 Palate: 21 Finish: 21 Balance: 21 Total: 85
- Type: Single Malt
- Age: 12
- ABV: 57.6%
- Distiller: Dailuaine (Diageo)
- Where made: Aberlour, Banffshire SCOTLAND
- Region: Speyside
- Approximate Price: $130
- Value: OK
Tasted at Saratoga Whiskey Club "at home" tasting. One of 228 bottles matured in Virgin Oak Hogshead. SMWS Tasting Notes: A warm late springtime feeling on the nose neat like walking through woodland blanketed with swaths of pastel coloured azaleas. We stopped right there. Rolling out the woolly rug, sat down and had a picnic. An assortment of Turkish delight, pineapple liquorice nougat, aniseed flavoured sweets and all washed down by ice cold cherry vanilla cream soda. When we added water aromas of panna cotta with raspberries and cranberry Florentines appeared as well as pomegranate & elderflower cordial. On the palate now an old favourite with a modern twist- a bright yellow Margarita cocktail infused with turmeric, cloves and honey.