51°
Distillery : Deanston - Highlands
2d Fill Oloroso Sherry Ex-Ben Nevis Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By WTF Utrecht
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
The Whisky Tasting Festival in Utrecht has been going for ten years or so and has an excellent reputation. Maybe I should visit it. And the organisers of this festival occasionally bottle a little something from time to time, but it's Bourbon most of the time. I think this is the only Scotch Whisky they have on sale. Deanston is often an underrated distillery, here we have 309 bottles, the cask used is formerly Oloroso, and it then held Ben Nevis whisky, before being filled with this Deanston.
Let's Taste It :
Lots of varied fruits, a lemony freshness but also honey and dates due to the influence of the cask. Oily beeswax, cereals galore, melted butter, light wood. Ripe apples and pears, Chasselas grapes, pineapple. Salted butter caramel, cooked bananas. It's tasty on the palate, like candied chestnuts, quince jam, a dash of vanilla, white melon, quite a lot of spice, black pepper, cloves. The finish is quite successful, long enough, explosive, roasted grain, torched wood, ginger, orange peel, dried figs. Sliced lime.
In Short,
Some people have talked about its waxy and cereal profile, but I find that it's above all very fruity, with a lovely pulp that stands out. Given the age of the product, it's truly extraordinary. What's more, the price is very attractive, and of course, in these conditions, it's been sold out for a long time, that's not surprising.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Ida - Maybelle
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