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Here are the winning tasting notes submitted as part of The Whisky Shop Dufftown's Challenge for Independent Bottlers. Congratulations to Graeme Anderson for these fabulous tasting notes. His prize is a bottle of his favourite whisky from the challenge which was the Linkwood.
The runner up was Adam Irvine so well done to him.
Sample 1 – Carn Mor Aberlour 1994 13 Years Old (46%)
Distilled 1994 bottled 2013 – ex-Bourbon Hogshead
Nose: Pineapple and Cola Cubes fresh of the shelf or crushed under the rolling pin. Bourbon Bomb! |
Taste: More tropical fruits dropped through a Barbados barbecue – smokie sweets, |
Finish: Fairly short and dry – burnt coconut husks. |
Sample 2 – Adelphi Longmorn 1985 27 Years Old (53.2%)
Distilled 1985 bottled 2013 – ex-Bourbon Hogshead
Nose: Classy smooth taffy. Some vanilla latte smooths the big punch. |
Taste: Strong and bold like Old Spice. Even water can’t keep this big dog down. Like a Collie of its leash. |
Finish: No surprises here. The Collie keeps racing and chasing sheep until out of view, over the hill. |
Sample 3 – G&M Cask Linkwood 1991 (53.4%)
Distilled 1991 bottled 2007 – first fill ex-sherry butts
Nose: Wax polished libraries & leather armchairs but in a lively tang vibrant sense - through a child’s eyes. |
Taste: Crystallised oranges, tangy mango like attack in a light toffee shell. |
Finish: Zing, zang, zooosh – goes this firework humbug, |
Sample 4 – Director’s Cut Dufftown 1982 30 Years Old (51.7%)
Distilled 1982 bottled 2012 – ex-Sherry butt
Nose: Dutch caramel wafer biscuits with a touch of medicinal Jagermeister. |
Taste: A heavy hitter in a velvet glove. The sherry is bold but well balanced. Top class. This is my nominated embalming fluid. |
Finish: Quite short and dry but again not aggressively so. I fine epilogue to this Jackanory. |
Sample 5 – BBR Glen Grant 1974 37 Years Old (47.8%)
Distilled 1991 bottled 2012 – ex-sherry butts
Nose: Soft toffee cuddled by a giant caramel teddy. |
Taste: An Autumn whisky. A well preserved classic sports car gently bimbles along a summer glen. |
Finish: Dry well-worn leather, need another sip to refresh my palate. |