COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside.
CATEGORY: Single Malt.
DISTILLERY: Allt A’Bhainne.
BOTTLER: Hunter Laing.
BOTTLING SERIE: Old Malt Cask.
DISTILLED: May 1992
BOTTLED: October 2019
AGE: 27 Year Old.
CASK TYPE: Refill Hogshead.
CASK NUMBER: 16942
NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 256
ABV: 50% Vol.
NOSE: gorgeous moist marzipan with acacia honey and barley juice;
TASTE: the kind of delivery that makes you wonder why a distillery is not more widely appreciated: classic Speyside flightiness but with a remarkable degree of intensity to the slightly grisy barley; the spices make an announcement at the midpoint ...;
FINISH: and decide they are there to stay. Brilliant layering to the vanilla-led tannin, weaving pretty patterns with the concentrated Malteser candy; the oils cling on gamely ensuing fabulously long finish;
BALANCE: class in a glass.
TASTING NOTES: Jim Murray's 2021 Whisky Bible.
