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Ben Nevis is one of the only distilleries from Western Scotland. The whisky is malted with strong chocolate hints. It certainly is not my preferred, but it is rather pleasant, and is on its place in each collection of good malts.
2003

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A second tasting confirmed the malted and chocolaty character of this malt. Strong peaty hints are also detected, and this bottling is rather pleasant, with a long finish, marked by grilled malt.
2004

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The nose is mainly marked by cereals, with nice spicy notes, however not very complex. The palate is quite pleasant, spicy with chocolate hints, but again a lack of complexity. The finish is nice, long and remaining in the cereal and chocolate notes.
2005

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The nose is clearly on the malt with a touch of yeast. Some light touches of chocolate as well. After a while some nice fruity notes appear, even if they remain discrete.
The very first mouth is fruity. Pleasant and smooth, refined while it does not hide its strength. Here also chocolate is present.
The finish is quite pleasant as well, lingering and here also chocolate seems to dominate malt.
I appreciated this whisky much more than during my previous tastings, even if the bottle is opened since many years...
2009