Scotland, Central Highlands: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making, production and tasting notes

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Deanston

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Deanston: official bottlings
 

Deanston 12 years
Age
 12 years
Alcohol percentage
 40%
Bottler
 Official
=25 euros< 25 euros
 
 
This whisky does not come from a very popular distilleries area. The malt is not very popular neither, but it is rather pleasant. It caracterizes itself by a relatively strong wood taste, but stay remarkably balanced. A reasonable price for a good but not essential whisky. No regrets for having purchased it...
15/20
The general impression during the second tasting was better than the first time. Even if this bottle cannot be considered as one of the best Scotch whiskies, this :malt is quite nice, and can compete with many others. A very pleasant taste, however without this complexity, mixing spices, malt and smoke which characterizes the best bottles.
16/20
The floral nose reveals some discrete spice hints. In the palate, malt dominates with a slight touch of liquorice and some woody aftertaste. The finish is rather pleasant, on malt with some bitterness.
16/20
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Deanston 17 years
Age
 17 years
Alcohol percentage
 40%
Bottler
 Official
=25 euros=25 euros< 25 euros
Deanston 17
Nose
Fabulously bitter sweet nose, breakfast time stuff with marmalade and honey. Thrilling complexity.
Palate
Again, a peculiarly thin mouth feel. Begins oaky dry and then a surge of malt helps sweeten things a little. And a delightful spice buzz forms a permanent, lively strata.
Finish
A milky oakiness with dry coconut nuttiness.
Comment
An improvement from the 17-year-old of old, which doesn't even begin to show its big age.
(Jim Murray - Whisky Magazine)
An interesting nose, with hints of malt mixed with citrus fruis. Acid sugar.... However the sweetness dominates. In the palate, a first dominating impression is wood. Malt comes and sweetnesses it, before the acid notes come back, just before the dry and acid finish. A rather complex whisky.
17/20
The nose is pleasant and detects malted notes, mixid with some acid and sugared hints, like an orange with honey on a muesli plate. In the palate, the same sweetness, with some woody hints. A relative complexity, but all the aromas from the nosing remain in the mouth and dominate successively: acidity, sweetness and malted hints. A rather long finish, remaining in the same patterns.
17/20
A nice fruity first nose. Lots of freshness, hints of cut grass.
The mouth confirms this first fresh impression and develops quickly on light cashew nuts and milk chocolate. Quite a nice mouth. Very smooth.
The pleasant finish prolongs perfectly the mouth with this smooth chocolate notes. The length is medium.
17/20
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Deanston: independent bottlings

Deanston 12 years
Old Malt Cask
Age
 12 years
Alcohol percentage

50%
Bottler
 Douglas Laing
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Deanston Old Malt Cask 12
The nose is unpleasantly marked by hints of yeast developing on strange curds notes. A touch of smoke...
The mouth does not save it... An alcohol impression and still those yeast hints.
The finish is long and this impression of alcohol persists.
This bottle deserves probably another tasting... The quality of it is not in balance with the general level of this collection...
16/20
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