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Master of Malt 40 years old Speyside

Color: Amber
An extremely fruity nose first. Plenty of ripe fruit with immediately light hints of woody bitterness. We also suspect the sherry with its characteristic notes of plum jam.
Aeration did not make him a great good, because all these beautiful scents tend with fade fairly quickly.
After a few minutes, a mixture of woody and some wax remains.
The palate is very smooth and almost corresponds to the impression left at the end of his nose. The complexity announced by the first nose is not at the rendezvous.
Despite a nice presence of interesting flavors of sherry, milk chocolate, some nice spices, this bottle does not seem to be able to give its full potential. A few degrees more would have saved the day they?

The finish is long and intense, at least initially. It looks quite strong on the nose in that it is at first very intense, but that the intensity fades quickly.


Here is a cask that is probably very tired and it would have been a great idea to to be bottle this whisky as a cask strength a few years earlier.

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Joseph

Nose: Fruity (Tangerine)
Taste: Sweet, honeyed, spicy, fruity (mandarin)
Finale: Short, Spicy .

N: Long deep, intense, rum, wet grass, apple chard, resinous, wet hay, Imperial mandarin, pineapple comes next round is great.
B: marvel of balance, apple tart tatin, chocolate, tobacco, creme brulee, vanilla bourbon, rum, a very big moment.
F: long, superb balance, rum it is the best in the series.

Color: Gold with copper highlights. The darkest sample of the session.
Nose: Fruity. Pear, fingernail polish. Leather, fine trace of cork and a little earth. A bit of freshness with zan (roll liquorice).
Palate: Dry on the wood.
Finish:Ddominant Exotic fruit with the kiwi, a creamy mouthfeel. Touch of vanilla. It ends with praline mocha with its hint of bitterness.

Subtle and well-balanced, the nose reveals a beautiful sherry with honey flavour, spices, raisins, well-integrated woody notes, a hint of tropical fruits (candied mango?) and citrus (dried grapefruit?). Vegetal notes come after.
The mouth contains all those aromas, with good balance, sweet, fruity and slightly woody.
The finish is very nice, not very powerful but rather long.

Very nice malt, which suggests it spent many years in a cask, which reminds me some great 70's Speyside,

Color: Amber
Nose: Lovely fruit on the nose, citrus, apricot and peach.
It was nice herbal notes, smell of pine.
With aeration the fruits are exotic: mango, lime and pineapple.
A very floral whisky on the coconut and vanilla.
The addition of water enhances the fruitiness.
Palate: The palate is less exuberant about the fruit, more about wood, vanilla and coconut.
Nice notes of honey and chocolate.
Too bad the mouth does not follow the nose but with a little water we still have some fresh fruit.
Lingering finish on Werther's candy.

Appearance: medium amber, wide legs that flow slowly
Nose:moderate intensity, well integrated alcohol, red fruits, furniture wax, leather, alcoholic freshness, mild woody dryness, round whisky
Taste:moderate intensity, more wooded than on the nose but not exaggerated, the aromas of the nose are found again as well as the beautiful roundness
Finish:medium
With water:no change to the nose, a slight acidity adds in the mouth
Conclusion:A well rounded whisky, I prefer it with a few drops of water

Nose: Waouw! Beautifull frutiness, touches of sherry. Tropical, exotic fruits, acid drops, fresh and waxy, hint of coffee, resinous, spicies, complex!
The mouth is too much diluated, it's a pitty. Fruits, resinous, spicies, tropical. Slightly vegetal and salty.

NOSE: fruity (yellow peach) and pastry (shortcake tart and a little custard). Greedy and seductive. A bit of salted butter caramel. A little exotic thereafter.
Palate: Silky texture, quite elegant, fruity and slightly smoky. Slightly drying. In line with the nose.
Finish: rather long, in line with the mouth (hence the nose). Finished on wood fire ...
A nice balance, a certain complexity, like a lot. An excellent daily dram.

Amber color.
The first nose is rich, ripe fruit on. Red fruit notes.
The nose is round, light, it evokes hints of re-fill sherry. A little honey. Very greedy.
The palate is soft, a little lighter. Lack of power. Beautiful continuation of the nose. The wood is more present.
Final fairly short. Rather weak. Slight woody notes (sherry), very slight but perceptible bitterness.
A very good whisky, but it's a pity as much diluted.

Color: pale amber
Nose: Expressive nose at first, with a moderate peat characterized by smoke, dry sherry mixed with candied orange peel, leather, the acidity of balsamic vinegar and some resinous notes, all in keeping a lovely sweetness in the background, almost exotic (banana flambe). Aeration brings out more sherry, with coffee and nuts. If the mouth is up, we have a winner.

Taste: Nice balance between peat, sweet acidity of candied orange peel, sherry, salt and bitter gentian. Perhaps lacking a little power to attack and expressiveness in the finish but the quality is quite the appointment.

Finish: Long, it leaves a salty peat out before developing notes of leather.

Conclusion: A peaty sherry-like I like. Very good.

Color: Copper / Orange

Nose: Sherry exotic notes of passion, mango, pineapple. Also the fruit style of peach or the roasted fig. Some red fruit, black currant ... Also spices, nuts, fresh, slightly minty, chocolate too ...

Taste: Sweet, fruity, in the spirit of the nose, maybe a little less complex ... Greedy, with chocolate, some caramel, vanilla. Some fruit also, again peach with chocolate fondue style chocolate with fruit and spices and also some leather.

Finish: Warm, a little smoke, a little woody. Some cask....

Color: golden brown
The nose shows a sherry oak with a hint of smoke and a little sulfur.
The mouth is a bit watery with little smoke bitterness. There is also a certain sweetness. Then comes the aroma of hazelnut and roasted pineapple especially thyme.
The finish is medium with a return of pineapple and sweet.

Colour: Russet

Nose: Seems that we're off with some heavy stuff! Concentrated. Sweet, but perfectly balanced by a nice tangy fruitiness, as a high end sweet wine can be (ever tasted some Monbazillac?). Quite seductive. Softly spiced. Honeyed apricots. Pineapple leaves. Strawberry liqueur. And a hint of coffee liqueur (Kahlua). Reminds me of some 1972 Glengoyne or Caprdonich, or early 80's Benriach. Nice alcoholic balance. I like it!

Mouth: Very pleasant as far as the taste is concerned, with lots of red prunes and soft spices (cinnamon), but strangely light (if not weak) despite an ABV that probably reaches 50%. More wood now, with growing tanins.

Finish: not as long as expected,and quite drying.

Comment: The nose itself is 90+ worth. unfortunately, the mouthfeeling stays a bit behind. A very good malt though.

Nose: Soft spices, tobacco, cooked fruits
Mouth: Hotest spces (chili pepper) , speculos, increasing influence of wood
Finale: Bitterness

The nose starts with marked flavors of oilseeds and strawberry, balanced by citrus. It's round and properly melted, even if alcohol is a little feeble. After some time in the glass, spices (mustard) and yeast appear. Following aeration, yeast becomes dominant with oilseeds, and warmer notes of spices and wax are also shown. With water we have yellow fruits and much more citrus. The nose is complex but that is very difficult to stabilize.

The mouth starts with a huge fruity sensation on the strawberry jam, with citrus and spice. It generally follows the nose. Aeration confirms this gourmand and fruity side, with the appearance of rancio and chocolate in a very syrupy mood. The mouth remains relatively cool, which makes it quite nice.

The finish is average, still on the strawberry, farmer feeling, a little pepper and anise.

In conclusion, a whisky rather disconcerting. Interesting to discover and enjoy, but difficult to grasp. In any case, it suffers no deffect.

Nose: Fruit Marmalade, precious woods, hint of citrus. After breathing in found some mint, licorice, tea and cold coffee.

Taste: Sweet, soft, slightly watery. Coffee aroma.

Final: Precious Woods, a little fruit, floral. The finish is short and fleeting.

Nice to drink, lack a little punch and complexity. Works better with some breathing.

Color : Amber

Nose : Wow, what a nose ! Very fruity (blackcurrant, blackberry, redcurrant) and spicy, with a nice coolness. When you just put your nose above it, smells like peach liquor. When you do insist, you have black grape skin (the one you can chew for hours). The sherry wood is clearly doing its job with whiffs of wood varnish. It is so fruity, rich and sugary that it's almost sickly (but not in the bad sense). Hints of coconut.
The alcohol is very well integrated. Evolves toward wood and fruit vinegar (raspberry). The nose makes me feel this dram is going to be pretty acid.

Mouth : Not the acid explosion one could have expected. Kind of flat-tasting, on oak and some spices.
A bit disappointing. Bitter. After a while, a little taste of strawberry (here is my acidity).

Finale : warm, oaky (very) and medium long. We can still perceive the strawberry flavour.

Conclusion : To me, this is a love it or hate it kind of dram (especially with that nose). I did enjoy the nose, but was a bit disappointed by the mouth (from which I expected more).

Color: Amber
An extremely fruity nose first. Plenty of ripe fruit with immediately light hints of woody bitterness. We also suspect the sherry with its characteristic notes of plum jam.
Aeration did not make him a great good, because all these beautiful scents tend with fade fairly quickly.
After a few minutes, a mixture of woody and some wax remains.
The palate is very smooth and almost corresponds to the impression left at the end of his nose. The complexity announced by the first nose is not at the rendezvous.
Despite a nice presence of interesting flavors of sherry, milk chocolate, some nice spices, this bottle does not seem to be able to give its full potential. A few degrees more would have saved the day they?

The finish is long and intense, at least initially. It looks quite strong on the nose in that it is at first very intense, but that the intensity fades quickly.


Here is a cask that is probably very tired and it would have been a great idea to to be bottle this whisky as a cask strength a few years earlier.

Color: Teak.
Nose: first on a very generous pot-pourri, almost overwhelming, heady. Some notes custard, cereal, white bread, but which are not able to take it over from this floral scent. It is very homogeneous and melted to the point of being almost in one piece.
The nose retains this almost monolithic profile , but pleasant, without lowering power.
Water weakens a bit that nose but harmonizes it significantly. Appears a slight vegetal note, on juniper.
Taste: Creamy and mild, very mild. It is hard to perceive much.
The water gives it an odd profile, saponification and almost salty.
Final: Starts in the extension of the mouth and then moving up closer to the nose.
The water just harmonizes the final, but without revealing much

Comment: The nose is quite pleasant but lacks complexity and scalability. Mouth and finish are not bad but singularly lacking expressiveness.
The water seems to improve the whisky but needs to be lightly dosed.

Color: amber / copper

Nose: very fruity (apples and pears ripe) in the first nose! It starts very good. Smells of honey are mixed with these fruity hints which lose a little intensity but are atill present in the background.

Mouth fairly fluid, woody and distantly spicy. But a great lack of wealth

Finish: long, smooth. ...?

Well, I do not understand ... The nose had started strongly on a very pronounced fruity (and many more began) but then after ... The dead calm! The mouth and final unfortunately nothing changed ...

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Born on Islay, House Malt

Color: intense gold
Nose: Peat, on the cold ashes, and then moving rapidly toward rounder notes of sherry, chocolate and a hint of rubber.
Then the cereals are entering followed by spices.
Palate: The palate combination peat / rubber is perfect, just enough of both.
Cereals are present, the cold ashes, a little iodine and sherry notes greedy.
Finish: Long on flavor in the mouth.

Nose: beautiful nose on dry peat and a hint of bitumen. A fine blend of animal notes, quarry, leather and smoke. Ash and pepper. A dash of lemon juice? Wise, discreet, relaxed. Very nice.
Taste: smooth without any acidity, meaty and dry peat. Comes spices and pepper on the end with a little lemon juice until it becomes a bit "burned". Takes his time, but great development!
Final: meaty, smoky, smoked trout. Superb finish on this topic.
Conclusion: play on lands of the sample # 2, this register meaty and smoky, but more wisely, with discretion and sharpness. So, very elegant. I appreciate!

N: round toasted brioche pretty nice golden note wet peaty wood dust under
B: round brioche in peaty wet wood
F: short fine and superbly balanced

Nose: peat, fruit paste, herbs - much to win round ventilation. red fruit
Palate: attack on peat, slightly astringent, slightly dry, slightly smoky
Alcohol very well controlled.
Finish: long - mineral and ashy?

Color: Gold
Nose: Sweet vanilla and caramel with fruit (citrus) and licorice.
Taste: Sweets and vanilla, fruity taste combined with fine oak and some toast.
Finish: Sweet with peppery notes, nuts and sweet licorice.

Color: Old gold.

Nose: A rather classic but flawless talking by the phenols here; Quite heavy but not heady. Unfolds on all kinds of citrus fruits (candied tangerine and mostly blood orange) enriched by coffee latte aromas that could be provided by a refilled Sherry butt. Perhaps do we have a little brand new plastic in there (supermarket pouch)? Alcohol is well balanced and supports what seems to be a high end product.

Mouth: Full bodied, thick and creamy. The peat is a bit dusty, but the slight acridity perfectly fits with the softness of a caramel sweet.

Finish: Lingering. Becomes a bit drier and evolves on the cold smoke of a bonfire put down by the rain before ending on the dusty side of a stale beer. Time for a second sip.

Comment: A bottle that should please those who liked this bunch of nice IB sherried Ledaigs and Laphroaigs that have been recently released.

Appearance: Reddish gold
Nose: Medium intensity, alcohol well integrated, peaty, fruity (fruits from the orchard in the foreground, fruits from the underbrush in the background), dry dung of cattle
Mouth: Low to medium intensity, well integrated alcohol, smoke is dominating, the other flavors stay in the background, no bitterness, mid dry mid sweet mouth
Finish: Short to medium
With water: On the nose the peat / smoke turns towards cold ashes, more fruit, dung disappears, loses much intensity in the mouth and the finish becomes shorter
Conclusion: A peated whisky that is rather delicate, especially the nose without added water, the nose is the favorite part of this whisky

Nose: At first rather discrete and sweet, chestnut honey and salt, seaweed, island. It assumes something quite subtle but I can not define ... With aeration there is more black pepper.
Taste: Very smoky with still lots of black pepper and a hint of lemon. It reminds me of a Talisker
Finale: Explosive, on spices including black pepper.
Overall impression: The mouth is much more expressive than the nose. A nice mix of smoke and black pepper. A malt that I enjoyed.

Color: Amber

Nose: Nice expression. Oily and rich: Peat ash is offset which comes on the fruit in syrup - pear -, lemon and cocoa, truffle and a hint of banana.

Palate: Peat ash elegant citrus coming swoon in dark chocolate. Slight lack of body and complexity.

Final: Chocolate, grain appearance and peat smoke in a no two charming and perfectly controlled. Salt, menthol and lemon are also part of but are very discreet.

In summary: A peaty happens to tame his temperament ash by a chocolatey coating flattering. This duo is effective, but deserved a little more flexibility to truly aromatic delight us. This success is based on a duality proven. Good if not revolutionary.

Colour : Gold

Nose : Some peat, smoke, grilled chestnut. Some rhubarb, lemon, oyster. Meat juice. Despite the aqueous character, it's pretty elegant and complex. Earthly. Pu Er tea. Quite medicinal after a while.

Mouth : Very (too) aqueous. We remain on peat (a lot), grilled almonds, cold coffee, cold ashes. A slight touch of lemon. It's rather good but it lacks precision and dynamism. Maybe the dilution didn't help.

Finale : Long, bitter, on roasted almonds and peat.

Conclusion : A very good dram for peat lovers. We can regret the lack of complexity of the mouth compared to the nose.

Colour: Straw yellow, white wine.
Nose: nose first on a soft turf in both aqueous and oily, with notes of hay and mint, then enriched with notes of tobacco, leather, spices. Over time, the peat grows and is enriched with vegetal notes and a nice citrus note on the lemon.
Taste: oily, that mouth is not very expressive, turf course, but it is fairly low
Finale: As soon swallowing, peat wakes up significantly.

Comment: A fairly standard peat profile, which refers to Islay is well done, but without surprise. The addition of water weakens the nose while showing a slight bitterness on the palate and finish.

Nose: mineral and lightly peated. Discrete animal notes (wet dog, farm).
Mouth: medicinal, peaty, smoky, oily and slightly sweet. A real beer side later (barley & yeast). A hint of fruit (apple?).
Final drying on a little smoky / peaty
conclusion
Like most other samples, not very distinctive, more versatile, however. In all cases, not bad but not a favorite either.

The nose is marked by peat tannins and distant. Then arrive oil, a small marine character with the freshness of the open sea and red fruits. On the palate the attack is clear. It is the mineral, peat, salt, seaweed, "juice pipe", licorice, a hint of banana, ephemeral (the tip of banana). The finish is on the same notes with a slight meaty and a little smoky. A hint of caramel too. The length is medium.
A rather pleasant whisky, but for the peat (as you probably know, I do not appreciate peat...).

Colour: Old gold.
Nose: Very peaty, round, sea, seaweed, some tar, iodine, wood and vanilla.
Taste: Light, weak, on salt water, tar, peat and some algae. Subtle. The finish is short to medium, soft, weak, peat, tar, maritime, with a bit of hemp rope.
Overall impression: A relatively low intensity whisky (diluted?) That reminds me of some old Caol Ila where the peaty whisky dominate less than normal which give the marine side the occasion to express itself.

Colour: Old gold
Peat and citrus fruits as well as subtle hints of wet hay characterize the nose. Although the medium complexity, the nose is rich and also has a nice balance, despite the overwhelming dominance of peat. Do not put in the hands of opponents of the peat (if any ...)
The mouth is slightly recessed relative to the nose, and one detect some signs of weakness. Here too, a massive domination of peat, with the finish some nice coffee notes.
The finish is long and hot, closer to what the nose than the mouth. Here too, beautiful notes of coffee, mocha.

Color: gold supported.

Peaty nose. Even very peaty (earthy?). A small fire of dry grass burning. A little potpourri too.
In this burning smell, I smell given off by a piece of paper burned with lighter (smell of yellowed edges of the flame). Subsequently, a sweeter smell, caramel is present.


Fresh, ashy. Yes a lot of cold ashes in the mouth. It is quite flat and I found a taste of mineral water in the middle palate.


Final fairly soft, ash and peat as the rest but simpler. By cons, it becomes a little more pungent on the end (although it does not last long).
The aromas are present for some time giving it a long just fine.


Comment: I liked moderately. Not rich enough or complex. The mouth is too flat. Only the final aims to be the most persistent for me.
In any case, it will remain peat / ash from A to Z. I think a too much reduced whisky.

Nose: Anis, pear, peat smoke and earthy. Mint and lemon in the background. Better balance after aeration.

Taste: Earthy, anise, mint, cereals, spices. More earthy and sweet after aeration.

Finale: Peat smoke, fruity, mineral. Long.

Comments: Yet another peaty with a touch of lemon. The mineral and spices are present and not to my liking (but probably will appeal to some). It also lacks complexity, I think. Adding water is not really recommended (more light and anise) but he benefit from some aeration.

The nose offers a friendly meeting between leather, dry sherry and peat. The brand is powerful, complex and integrated. This good impression persists in the development of these flavors: leather and sherry will go to something more mild and sweet (toffee), while peat unveil nice and powerful notes of smoke and tar. Aeration will get the nose smoother, with eucalyptus. A very nice nose, no doubt.

The mouth is rather disappointing compared to the promises of the nose. Less well built and above all much more flat, it starts on light marine peat, then goes on toffee. Aeration increases the feeling of the begining : the flavors collapse and never get harmonious. However, mandarins appear, and toffee grows. But still far from what the nose made us expect.

The final is short, dominated by tar, with a tiny tip of dry sherry. There is also acid sweets, and a memory of cold ashes.

In conclusion, a whisky unbalanced, with a beautiful nose, and then a commun mixture of sherry and peat.

Color: gold

Nose with a hint of smoke. Alcohol is now quickly joined by notes of citrus. The nose ends with a disagreeable impression on the freshly cut grass and artichoke.

The palate is fresh on the cereal and fresh fruit.

The finish is medium, and fresh fruit

Comment. I am baffled by this whisky. I do not know what to think. I assigned the lowest score of all my WDTS more to mark my disappointment as to assign a specific number.

Eilan Donan
Single Highland Malt
2006-2010

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Sherry Cask Malt 7 yo 2001-2009