• Nose: 22 Palate: 23 Finish: 22 Balance: 22 Total: 89
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 17
  • ABV: 58.3%
  • Distiller: Royal Brackla (Bacardi)
  • Where made: Cawdor, Naim SCOTLAND
  • Region: Highlands
  • Approximate Price: $150
  • Value: OK

Distilled 26 September 1997. Bottled 22 June 2015. Matured in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead. 310 total bottles. Tasted at Saratoga Whiskey Club "at home" tasting. SMWS Tasting Notes: Colour: Goldfish bowl Flavour profile: Sweet, fruity and mellow The nose had an unassuming substructure of wood, which supported a delightful and elegant edifice of pot-pourri, fresh laundry, magic balloons and an exuberant Caribbean fruit punch. The palate was exotic and tropical, mellow and lively, all at the same time – tutti-frutti, sherbet lemons, Sangria, juicy blood orange, three fruit marmalade and a few tingling spices bringing up the rear. The reduced nose was still fresh and invigorating – pink grapefruit, lime marmalade, floral and citric perfumes and suggestions of coconut and vanilla. The reduced palate was bright, sparkling, summery and playful – sweet and juicy, with pineapple humps and Key lime pie. Drinking tip: A palate cleanser to refresh the mouth