Alcohol: 40
Region: Islay
Color: Pale gold
Nose: Toffee with a hint of smoke and peat
Body: Very light
Palate: Thin but pleasant; sweet at first with smoky notes, then gradually becoming drier
Finish: Faint, and with any water at all disappears
First Tasted: March 2006
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Alcohol: 50
Region: Highlands
Color: Bright pale gold
Nose: Excellent smokiness
Body: Medium
Palate: Honeyish start; becoming drier, leafy, perfumy
Finish: Malty, chewy, heathery
First Tasted: October 2002
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| Alcohol: | 43 |
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| Region: | Highlands |
| Color: | Full amber |
| Nose: | Sherry, lighlty fragrant clean oak, butterscotch sweet, a hint of smoke |
| Body: | Firm and rounded |
| Palate: | Firm at first, then buttery in the middle, moving to a fruity dryness |
| Finish: | A touch of almonds and bitter chocolate |
| First Tasted: | February 2004 |
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Highlands
Color: Deep red amber
Nose: Intense sherry
Body: Rich and luscious
Palate: A good balance of sherry character and maltiness; some caramel-like sweetness but not overpowering
Finish: Very long with some dryness
First Tasted: February 2003
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Speyside
Color: Rich gold
Nose: Honey and oaky notes are beautifully balanced
Body: Well-matured, soft (This 17 year old single malt is transferred to new oak casks for four months. The casks are coopered from Quercus Alba, American white oak, which has been toasted and then charred, but never previously held any liquid. This may account for the additional softness.)
Palate: A delicate influence from the New Wood oak, adding spiciness and hints of vanilla
Finish: Lingering, flowery
First Tasted: April 2007
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Highlands
Color: Pale amber
Nose: A toffee and cookie nose with a slight dusty dryness
Body: Medium
Palate: Pleasantly sweet at first with caramel notes, then gradually becomes drier
Finish: Warming with floral notes and a hint of smoke
First Tasted: October 2002
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Alcohol: 43
Region: Lowlands
Color: Deep gold
Nose: Fresh cut grass and herbs, lemony
Body: Light to medium
Palate: Malty sweet
Finish: Very smooth, dry, peppery hot and appetizing
First Tasted: October 2006
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176
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Alcohol: 58.6
Region: Highlands
Color: Straw
Nose: Spirity and sweet
Body: Powerful and edgy
Palate: Clean, crisp, spirity, gin fizz, candy sweet
Finish: Sweet, cologne, becoming a bit bitter but not unpleasant
First Tasted: October 2007
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212
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Highlands
Color:
Nose: Amber
Body: Medium to heavy; some heather and maltiness
Palate: Full
Finish: Medium in length, spicy and sweet
First Tasted: August 2005
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Highlands
Color: Full gold
Nose: Fresh but very soft, warm fruitiness with hints of malty dryness and sherry
Body: Light to medium, smooth and rounded
Palate: Clean, sweetish, tasty, very pleasant; still sweet but drying slightly
Finish: Clean and appetizing
First Tasted: December 2001
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Alcohol: 46
Region: Islay
Color: Soft golden buttercup yellow
Nose: Flowers in warm sunlight, cedar and pine then a hint of lemon and lime
Body: Medium weight with a fruit syrup texture
Palate: Firm and dry at first, slight oiliness, becoming maltier and sweet
Finish: Long, warming, very subtle flavors
First Tasted: May 2004
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Alcohol: 46
Region: Highlands
Color: Bronze
Nose: Soft and attractive with good weight, light honey, buttered scones, orange, grass and balanced toasty oak
Body: Clean
Palate: Slightly drier than the nose suggests, a good mix of spicy oak, mid-palate weight and smooth texture
Finish: A little short, light honey, then biscuit
First Tasted: August 2007
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200
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Alcohol: 50
Region: Highlands
Color: Gold
Nose: Mildly citrussy and herbal, minty, some delightful oak
Body: Medium, round, balanced
Palate: Quite syrupy and lively, icing sugar, mince pies in front of a log fire.
Finish: Deft vanilla oak slowly dries the sweet malt. Lots of cream toffee to finish
First Tasted: April 2009
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250
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| Alcohol: | 43 |
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| Region: | Highlands |
| Color: | Gold |
| Nose: | Sherry leaves its mark, dried currants, damp cellar |
| Body: | Medium, round |
| Palate: | Smooth and sweet, elegant display of sherried notes, deep toffee, chocolate, candied chestnuts, figs, and soft spices |
| Finish: | Lingering, chocolatey, delicate spiciness (nutmeg) |
| First Tasted: | April 2009 |
| Price: | $$$$ |
| Number: | 251 |
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Alcohol: 46
Region: Highlands
Color: Crystal-bright greeny gold
Nose: Steely, slightly smoky
Body: Soft and rounded
Palate: Clean, sweet and fruity, then nutty; developing cereal-grain oiliness, bread and butter pudding
Finish: Gently spicy
First Tasted: August 2007
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205
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Highlands
Color: Very pale, white wine
Nose: Light, fresh but sweet, fruity, appetizing
Body: Light, lean, firm, smooth
Palate: Dryish, pear-like, more fruitness as flavor develops; a dash of water releases a hint of smokiness and some sweet, malty notes
Finish: Restrained, aromatic
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Alcohol: 43
Region: Highlands
Color: Gold
Nose: Very aromatic, dry, faintly phenolic, lightly peaty
Body: Firm, slightly oily
Palate: Remarkably smooth, long lasting flavor development, aromatic, heather-honey notes give way to a cut grass, malty sweetness that intensifies to a sudden burst of peat
Finish: Very long
First Tasted: September 2002
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Highlands
Color: Pale gold
Nose: Spicy (cinnamon, walnut, sandalwood?), with some flowery sweetness, fresh, a whiff of the sea, enticing
Body: On the light side of medium, but with some viscosity
Palate: Spicy, flowery and malty-sweet tones that are creamy, almost buttery
Finish: Long and rounded
First Tasted: September 2002
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Alcohol: 40
Region: Speyside
Color: Bright gold
Nose: Honey, vanilla, floral, fruity with well balanced wood overtones.
Body: Rounded medium to full bodied
Palate: Silky malt and delicate honey enlivened by soft spices and lime, a sub-stratum of fruit weaves gently through the malt maze
Finish: A touch of smoke offers a little weight to the developing vanilla
First Tasted: October 2008
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239
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Alcohol: 43
Region: Highlands
Color: Full gold to bronze
Nose: Freshly chopped pine tress, ferns from the forest floor
Body: Light , firm, oily, creamy, dryish
Palate: Ground corriander, orange, rhubarb jam, buttered scones
Finish: Sweet and salty
First Tasted: July 2006
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