Dear Customer

This month we have thirteen (13) new bottlings under the PROVENANCE label.

The PROVENANCE Tasting Notes are:

PRV 0675 Ardmore 7 Year Old
The nose takes you immediately – and wrongly – to a lightly peated Islay Malt. Still with a sweet phenolic style on the palate – detect also a light camphor background and a hint of its own youthful spirit. Then its finish is spiced, still sweet but now in a more barleyed and gristy style. (F)

PRV 0679 Longmorn 8 Year Old
On the nose – early, it is fruity, malty and lightly spiced with later oak and smoke. Palatewise – it is very sweet – more spiced than its nose – barleyed and sugary. All this runs to a finish with a cough drop and peppery style. (F)

PRV 0650 Craigellachie 10 Year Old Sherry Matured
The fresh and lightly spiced nose carries a cookie dough sweet character that runs to a freshly varnished boat quality. The palate is round, still spicy, now sweetly toffee’d plus a caramelised fruit character. More spices linger on the finish, still fruity (is it mango ?) and sweet. (J)

PRV 0667 Bowmore 10 Year Old
Self evidently from Islay on the nose – beyond the initial peated back drop hard fruit candy boiling then appear masked by hot dry sand smell. Palate wise – it is distinctly peaty and lightly ashy initially – the heads more to the same sweet fruits hard candy taste – all replicated (plus light tar and spiciness) on the finish. (F)

PRV 0666 Tamdhu 11 Year Old
The nose opens with a fresh and gristy sweet character running to a fruit and honey style. The sweet palate is still fresh carrying a milk chocolate quality and runs to sweet vanilla – “American Cream Soda” style. The vanilla and honey sweet quality runs through on the finish before a soft oak tang appears. (J)

PRV 0065 Glen Moray 11 Year Old
Opens clean and fresh on the nose carrying a fruity – floral character. The palate carries a sweet barley then crushed sugar style, running to a candied orange quality. The finish is fresh with a sweet malt character running to an orange pith style. (J)

PRV 0672 Glen Ord 11 Year Old
Very clean – fresh and gristy on the nose – with a sugary late twist. On the palate detect that same crunched sugar quality – plus light spices – barley and a hint of citrus. That is well replicated on the finish which may now be a shade creamier. (F)

PRV 0676 Jura 11 Year Old
Attractively/sweetly scented on the nose – it warms to hints of toffee and dry spices. Palatewise – it is now more distinctly spiced with an earthy quality – running to a finish which is very dryly spiced initially – tailing more sweetly. (F)

PRV 0657 Allt-a-Bhainne 12 Year Old Sherry Matured
The nose is fresh (almost mentholated), sweetly spiced and carries an orange liqueur quality. The palate is mouthcoatingly rich, warming, still distinctly spicy and carries an orange pith character.
More spices on the medium long finish run to a dark chocolate and orange tang. (J)

PRV 0674 Highland Park 12 Year Old
Honey and ozone appear early on the round full nose – which then turns to soft sweet spices. On the palate there is definitely a wee hint of peat – interacting with barley, vanilla, and the same spices. All are wrapped together very neatly in an attractively long finish (F)

PRV 0677 Arran 12 Year Old
Opens fresh and fruity (ripe banana?) on the nose, running to a sweet, creamy vanilla character. The palate is amazingly spiced, even lightly smoked (surprisingly!) – carrying a burnt toast and honey quality. The finish is long – still spicy and runs drier now. (J)

PRV 0678 Linkwood 12 Year Old
The nose opens with a fresh, clean, floral quality running to a sweet vanilla and grist character. The palate is still fresh & sweet with more vanilla (creamy custard style) apparent. The finish is medium long carrying a tangy maltand- orange quality. (J)

PRV 0646 Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old
Opens sweetly on the nose with candied apples and candy floss then a Brylcreem type quality appears. The sweet palate carries vanilla and caramel (waffles?) before a light smoky character appears. The finish is refined, still fruity, with smoked spices and dried orange zest. (J)

Quite a big selection we believe for Christmas consideration.

Best wishes

Fred Laing

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