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Allt-a-Bhainne

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Allt a Bhainne

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 Allt-a-Bhainne: independent bottlings
 

Allt-a-Bhainne

Dun Bheagan 17 years
Collection
 Dun Bheagan
Age
 17 years
Alcohol percentage
 43,0 %
Bottler
 Ian McLeod
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 Forum 79/100
 Allt-A-Bhainne Dun Bheagan
 
For a distillery which has been created just to provide blenders of  raw material, this single malt is really amazing. A rather strong smell (I hesitate to characterize it, heather?), followed by a pleasant palate feeling with hints of humid undergrowth (or is is peat?) . A rather complex taste, different of other malts from that area is followed by a lingering finish. An surprising excellent bottling, to put in the category "I love it or I hate it". Personally I love it. This bottle certainly deserves a try...
84/100
The nose is suite complex and marked by the cereal and some undergrowth notes (heather?). The palate confirms the nose, with a kind of chocolate flavoured background. A nice finish as well, lingering with some malted and woody touches.
84/100
The nose is marked by quite an unpleasant smell which recalls me the old powder insecticides which were used when I was a young boy... More seriously, hints of yeast and some acid hints.
The mouth is rather poor. Relatively flat, with some quite tasteless acid notes.
The finish is relatively long, without special character neither, dominated by some tingling and an impression of alcohol.
Quite strange... Was this bottle the victim of aeration? Anyway, this blind tasting results are strange when compared to previous notes, they seem to relate to another whisky... Strange. Another blind tasting will probably decide.
70/100
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Allt-a-Bhainne

1992, Bourbon Hogshead
Age
 18 years
Alcohol percentage
 56,1 %
Bottler
 Malts of Scotland
Cask
 Bourbon Hogshead
Cask number
single cask 6
Dates
 Distil: 05-1992 Bottling: 02-2011
Bottle
 246 of 273 btls
Particularity
 Non chillfiltered cask strength
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 84/100
Alt-a-bhainne mos 92

Color: Gold
The nose is clearly very fresh. Notes of cut grass mingled with the scent of ripe fruit. No aggression, alcohol seems well integrated. After a few moments peppermint is added to the picture, giving the nose a nice complexity.
The mouth is quite different from the nose. Here the presence of alcohol is much more felt, at least initially. Freshness seems to have disappeared to make way for a curious mixture of bitterness and chocolate with hints of oak in the background.
The finish also contrasts with both the mouth and the nose. It is very long and warm, and woody notes seem to take it to give more complexity to a rather pleasant harmony.
84/100
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Allt a bhainne: not in collection

Allt-a-Bhainne

Dun Bheagan 10 years
Collection
 Dun Bheagan
Age
 10 years
Alcohol percentage
 43 %
Bottler
 Ian McLeod
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 73/100
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Allt-a-Bhainne

27 years
Collection
 Cask strength Collection
Age
 27 years
Alcohol percentage
 60,7 %
Bottler
 Signatory
Particularity
 Non chillfiltered cask strength
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 88/100
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