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

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Speyside:

Dufftown

Distillery description Tasting notes

The distillery

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The whisky

List of the bottles

	Dufftown
			Sample
O.B.	Fauna & Flora, 15 years	17 1/2
Scott's Selection	Scott's selection 1985-2004

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Dufftown 15 years Fauna&Flora
Age	15 years
Alcohol percentage	43%
Bottler	Official
Price/litre

Nose: A real nut-bowl aroma: almond, hazelnut and some creamy brazil, as well as a hint of marzipan and wholemeal maltiness. In time a toffee note. Mid-weight.
Palate: Lovely weight and feel with a spicy nuttiness. Softens as it moves in the mouth.
Finish: Nutty with decent length.
Overall: A good, mid-weight nutty style. (Dave Broom)

The nose is sweet and spicy at the time, with nice peppery notes ans interesting hints of hazelnut. In the mouth, a kind of bitterness and a touch of acidity, which disappears quickly, to make room to the sweetness of almonds. The finish is marked by spices, pepper, and the hazelnut remains quite present.

The nose is both fruity and marked by cereals. Some hints of fresh bread mixed with exotic fruit notes. In the palate the impression is quite linear, and the cereal notes dominate. It is obvious that this bottle should have been better if the whisky had some percent alcohol more. This would probably have helped some aromas to develop nicer. The finish is short and without special interest.

Dufftown Scott's selection 1985-2004
Age	19 years
Alcohol percentage	57.1%
Bottler	Scott's Selection
Price/litre

Quite a discrete nose which presents however nice hints of cut grass mixed with fruity notes. A bit of mint confirm the freshness of the nose/
The palate is nicely complex, much more than announced by the nose. Fruit, liquorice, warmth. What a nice surprise!
The lingering and warm finish prolongs the mouth with nice liquorice and chocolate hints, mixed with the fruits which were so present in the mouth.

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