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Aroma: Initially very sweet, dry fruits, hints of preserved sun dried fruits. Not oily, so probably Oloroso sherry butts.
Palate: Cinammon emerges after 10 minutes or so, along with other spices in the background. Vanilla, caramel, candy, evidence the primary maturation vessel, US oak. Hoggies have had little effect on the nose or taste, no evidence of woodiness, but they are refills, so less dominant, assertive and robust. Taste-very similar to nose as you would expect, although the Cinammon wood spice appears earlier and stronger.
Conclusions: Medium length, not strong, diminishes fairly rapidly, leaves a sweetness on the mouth. Varied flavours would benefit from higher ABV. Distillery character and DNA not overwhelmed, but it is a young whisky with short maturation.
Editor Choice: This was launched in honour of Alan Winchester, who has been Master Distiller at the distillery since 2009. He created this whisky with European oak butts and first-fill American barrels as well as refill hoggies. Lovely stuff.
Silver Distillers Single Malts - Speyside - No Age - 2018
International Spirits Challenge
Gold Speyside Single Malt Special Edition - 2013
The Scotch Whisky Masters (The Spirits Business)
Silver Speyside No Age Statement - 2018
The Scotch Whisky Masters (The Spirits Business)