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Balmenach (Meadowside) - 18 years old - 18 y.o. - 43%
21F: 21E: 82/100


Balmenach 18 years old

SessionID
Bottler:
Meadowside (The Maltman)
Age:
18 years
Alcohol:
43%
Collection:
The Maltman
Bottle details:
average
82/100
(82,32)
price class:

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Canis_Lupus

Colour: white wine, straw.
Nose: first nose on a fruit bubble bursting immediately and developeson a fruity, apple / pear note, which grows slowly but steadily. Comes after a few minutes of herbal and vegetal notes, touches of juniper. Then pastry and dairy notes appear, custard. Is now moving on confectionery, fruit candy at (Krema), pot pourri.
The addition of water weakens the nose and makes it lose its sharpness.
Palate: Quite unsettling, with little relevance to the nose. First saponifying, slightly aqueous, dried fruit develops. Fat texture, oily.
Water harmonizes the mouth but it loses its character. However, the note found in saponifying is very diminished.
Final: In the wake of the mouth, that is to say, very expressive.
The water rounds the start of the final, but gives it more body and long thereafter. Reveals the astringency that was previously unnoticed.

Comments: Promising nose, but disappointing in the mouth, as this disharmony. Better to avoid the water.
84/1002012

Mapi

Colour: pale straw
The nose is marked by fresh fruit (Granny) a little minty side. The alcohol provides the voltage. Then develops the tasting notes of yeast and wildflowers as a fresh Comté .
The mouth is on fresh herbs. But what is the overall structure that is most interesting: fresh grass and alcohol there but not dominant, then the roundness that can go to the final.

The finish is sweet and herbaceous. We are really on the water spirits of plants such as green Izara.
86/1002012

RX21

Color: Gold
Nose: Lemon, Vegetal, tea
Mouth: cereal, malt, hints of strawberries, mint, flowers
Final : Bitter
78/1002012

Jmputz

Colour: Old gold
The nose presents a mixture of malted and yeasty hints and is struggling to evolve more varied and rich into notes. Additional notes of pepper and sour candy.
The mouth does not contrast with the nose. The attack is pretty sweet on the malt mingled with hints of yeast. Softness and little complexity. Metal hints are added to the initial sweetness. A very straight whisky which is missing a little relief.
The finish is long and relatively unobtrusive. Here again, no surprise but after several minutes, the intensity appears to increase and some slightly bitter nutty notes appear.
82/1002012

Piazzolla

Nose: Fresh and marine (seafood such as shellfish). Light. Apple tart. Grassy or minty with aeration.
Palate: Silky pleasant. Rather thin and elegant but too far back. Not found the real ocean side of the nose. Evolves between malt notes and nuances revealing advantage of maturity (spicy / woody vanilla).
Short finish on a slightly bitter malt.

Conclusion Very (too) well done. Clearly lacks the character for my taste. Easy to drink without displeasure so far!
83/1002012

Alexandre

The nose, very expressive, is dominated by vegetable flavors, mixed with honey. We also have a little land, all in an atmosphere still quite warm. With aeration, there is the appearance of almond powder, yellow fruit and smoke. But overall lack of strength and precision especially for full expression.

The mouth starts with milk chocolate and yellow fruits. Quite involved, it develops later in a farm atmosphere on plants and I do not know what to warm. More powerful than the nose, it shows after ventilation of minerality and spice.

The final red fruits, is of medium length. There is also the hazelnut and ripe yellow fruit somewhat. It's pretty rough.

In conclusion, a whisky that is restricted by lack of precision, although it is not unpleasant.
80/1002012

Roblanza

color: gold
nose: fruity flavours, vanilla, peach and fresh oak, hint of salt
taste: slightly salty but fruity, notes of vanilla, very fresh, also peaches and a little peppery, medium long finish with oaky notes
84/1002012

Savoureur

appearance: yellow gold
nose: medium intensity, alcohol well integrated, beeswax, yellow fruits, slightly mineral, fresh yeast dough, disappears after 15 minutes of breathing at the expense of fermentation aromas of yeast, smooth profile with a little acidity
taste: low to medium intensity (from the mid palate), well integrated alcohol, mineral, slightly acidic (lemon), grain
finish: medium
Conclusion: pleasant whisky and easy to drink
85/1002012

Arno

Nose: acids fruits (mirabelle, plum). Acidity of fresh apple & sweetness of baked apple. Some spices come with the fruit. Dry wood also, and a touch of smoked malt. In the background, notes of pastry cream, almond, puff pastry.
Mouth: the fruit appears, quickly mixed with malt that gives a bitter persistent note. The palace is a little heated by the spices. A bit of dry wood. The finish is sweeter, with almond paste and sour candy.
Final: old wood & dried fruits, lingering bitterness.
Conclusion: a easy one single malt, no major defects (except bitterness and dry wood), rather pleasant to drink.
84/1002012

Malt1972

Colour: gold
Nosing: touch of hay, heather. Herbal notes, winey. Later on some fruit, lemon.
Tasting: spicy, a little pepper. Some bitterness.
Finish: light touch of cereal grain. Very light
82/1002012

ALouis

Colour: Pale gold
Nose: Fairly discrete, requires a lot of aeration, we have herbaceous notes of marzipan, candy and pear.
Mouth: little expressive mouth too, some grain, alcohol, sugar and new spirit.
Final: short and dry
70/1002012

Dede

Color: White Wine

Nose: Very nice, eraser and pencil, wax, iodine, yellow fruits still lacking maturity, soft citrus, grapefruit zest, vanilla. Quite complex and demonstrating a good intensity and especially compact, nothing beyond here, very nice balance. Something "Clynelishish" in all this.

Palate: fresh but not lacking in power. The mouth is more spicy (ginger, nutmeg) as the nose suggested. The fruity and tangy nose are present but are suppressed by alcohol. Adding water brings out more spices.

Finish: Quite long, marked by the return of pencil lead and a bitter vegetable (green tea).

Conclusion: The nose is of good quality, mouth this side in terms of flavor intensity.
83/1002012

Bpoujol

Colour: gold.
Powerful nose, quite closed, opens over time without becoming exuberant. Fruit, wax. Somewhat vegetal. Cereals.
Mouth: quite powerful, waxy, slightly fruity. Slightly woody, vanilla. Somewhat pastry.
Final: rather long, pretty intense. Fruity and waxy. Slightly woody.
87/1002012

Amor57

On the nose notes of verbena, citrus, wood and humus. Not very appealing, it's nothing to say. With aeration, the profile becomes cooler, with herbaceous notes of melted butter and distant touches of peach and dust. The palate is soft, sweet and the whisky is fast becoming rough, and very too bitter. The finish is the same level. Distant licorice, vanilla synthetic on background of alcohol and astringency.
With water, notes of mint and pencil eraser appear fleetingly.
In short a whisky that has a nose and a mouth just interesting / final still below. One can not accuse him of any other major flaw.
77/1002012

Jean-Michel

Colour: Pale gold.
Nose: Soft and fruity. Orchard fruits. Golden Delicious apple and perhaps some nectarine. The wood has already brought some vanilla roundness that conceals something grassy. Quite some honey and quince jelly. Crispy like nougatine. The whole is delicately spiced with a pinch of peat.
Mouth: Soft attack, perhaps even a bit weak (43%?). The mouth develops on a coffee flavoured hard caramel sweet. Then, the peat comes back on the foreground, more prominent than on the nose. The whole lacks a bit of power and personality though.
Finish: Short, marked by a slight astringency.

Comment: The effort in mixing peat and fruit is laudable, and the work has been done with honesty, but this malt lacks a bit of passion.
79/1002012

Corbuso

Nose: Clean, malty, on strong notes of freshly catched fish.
Taste: Soft to very soft, malty, with some coconut, pineapple, salt, other maritime flavours, and some smoke. The finish is short to medium, on toffee, ginger, and some coconut.
Impression: The nose was rather unusual with its strong fishy notes, but the whole is rather pleasant.
82/1002012

Mars

Nose: Pear, rice, peach, coconut, tropical fruits (pineapple), cardboard, oily, grains. The aromas are disconnected but it's well balanced. It's sweet.
Palate: Oily, fruity, apple, spice, vanilla. Always sweet.
Final: Spices (get bigger with aeration), fruity (exotic), cereals, bread, dried pasta. Average length.
Light delicate acidity that develops slowly.

Comments: A whisky in the style that I like. Very spicy (but not peppery nor spicy), sweet and fruity. It just lacks a little something.
Little change with aeration or addition of water.
88/1002012

TTN

Colour: Straw
Nose: Powerful, very fragrant, very fruity with peach and apricot, a lot of honey, frangipane.
Mouth: syrupy, alcohol is perfectly integrated, full with a dominant fruity flavors in the extension of the nose plus some sweet spices.
Finish: medium long always on the fruit.
Overall impression: A malt not necessarily very complex but very pleasant and easy to drink. Makes me think of a Benriach than twenty years.
87/1002012

Jbrice

Nose: honey and fruit paste, an earthy side (can be a bit of peat?), Grass & mint, and a lot of spices (cinnamon)
Mouth: interesting. These are the spices that emerge on the palate with a slight side "new make" then licorice and vanilla
Finish: long on spices with a little bitterness enjoyable because controlled
83/1002012

Dagde

Colour: Pale Gold
Nose: Melon is dominating, then milk chocolate is included in a lemony acidity it seems to have bits of lemon Perrier in front of you . The nose is notwithstanding quite evanescent and aeration calms it very quickly.
Taste: Everything is very fade. You could tell milk chocolate cereal. Is also identified with cinnamon and lemon again what happens later on. The sweet balance is quite successful. Too bad it frankly lacks punch
Final: Fairly short at the sparkling lemon. A slight tingling tongue occurs.

Conclusion: A small whiskey unpretentious peach by its lack of horsepower. The lemony aroma rather special off the beaten track. It can easily be booked for an aperitif.
82/1002012

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