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1. Tomatin 34yo 1976 51.2% Liquid Sun
Bottled 2011. Matured in a sherry butt. 272 bottles
Nose : Sweet sherry wine, with a bit of wood
Palate : Very fruity sherried, and quite woody. Plums, vanilla
Finish: Medium-long and woody
Rating 85
Comment : I can't help wondering how much sherry they forgot in the cask before filling it with newmake. This fruityness is very sweet and fresh, and much more plums than dried fruits a lá raisins. This is a sherry monster, and if you like sherry and sherried whisky, you will like this. I think it's a bit too much. But behind all the pieces of fruits floating down the glass instead of legs, there is some depths to explore. Give it time and it develops in the glass!
2. Ardmore 19yo 1992 49.9% Liquid Sun
Bottled in 2011. Matured in a bourbon barrel. Heavily peated. 202 bottles.
Nose : ash and fruits. This is a very fruity
Palate : A nixe mix of spice, peat and fruits (sweet apples and pears) and dry ash
Finish : Medium-long and the peat lingers
Rating 88
Comment : When you aim for a bottle of Ardmore this is exactly what you hope to get. A nice mix of peat and a fruity whisky typical for speyside. And a peated whisky benefits a lot from when you can taste the age kicking in
3. Laphroaig 13yo 1998 53.3% Liquid Library
Sample
Nose: Classic Laproaig how it should be. Clean and simple. Peat, vanilla, and a bit of citrus and apples
Palate: A clear follow up to the nose. Very peaty, but you expect that. Dry and the fruit is just detectable
Finish Short-medium
Rating 86
A very sherried whisky for the ultra sherry fans, a very peaty whisky for the peatheads, and a nice peated speysider, which is also for the peatheads...
DMWA, Danish Malt Whisky Academy is the danish importer of these bottlings.
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