Glen Scotia ( Official) - 12 years - 12 y.o. - 40,0%1
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- Bottler:
- Official
- Age:
- 12 years
- Alcohol:
- 40,0%
- Bottle details:
- average
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- (83,85)
- price class:
1 note disponible en français
A very nice nose, clear and straight away, very spicy (pepper) where some sherry hints and hay smell on the background. A very nice complexity.
The mouth confirms the nose, with nice spicy hints, clear chocolate notes, plum hints and a warm finihs, pleasant with nice "pruneaux d'agen" aftertaste. The whole is exceptionaly complex, pleasat and without any aggressivity. A very nice whisky anyway.
What a surprise, after the blind tasting, to discover it is a Glen Scotia 12 yo...
2006Johannes_Sauer
Colour: Darker gold, amber. (Coloured? I don’t know and I don’t want to know, and the label keeps its secret)
Nose: The most beautiful balance between such seemingly contrary impressions like smoke, seaweed, sour cream, citrus notes and sweet dried fruits (bananas, apricots) I ever experienced so far. Also hints of a musty cellar, properly salted porridge and mowed grass.
Taste: A similar beautifully arranged bouquet of impressions but here sweet condensed milk and dates are added and the smoke marks itself with a small step forward. The sour cream steps back but stays there and is not at all disturbing (tempting like potatoe crisps with sour cream ‘n onion taste).
Finish: The sweet milk, the smoke and the seaweed are wrestling on the tongue into a surprisingly good peppered finale. Pity, but I think it is a little too short and long for a little more....
Conc.: I think a few more % points or even some years would have done pretty good to that bottling, but nevertheless a very pleasant and fulfilling Glen Scotia. It is easy to imagine the great potential of this destillery. I look forward a bottling in cask strength and keep on searching at the Indies...
Tasting date: 2009 07 17
2009
