Dear Customer

This month we have six (6) new bottlings under the PROVENANCE label. Their Tasting Notes are:

PRV0669 CAOL ILA 9 YEAR OLD
Opens big and sweetly on the nose running to a smoked ham and burning hay character. The palate is sweetly smoked carrying a burnt/ashy quality – burnt home bake style – SMOKY! These qualities all run through on the finish – more ashes, still sweet and a smoky, oily character that runs and runs. (J)

PRV0670 BENRIACH 11 YEAR OLD
Clean and self evidently malty on the nose – it is the palate which excels with its initial spicy burst. Held there – detect crunched white sugar, honey and Scottish vanilla tablet flavours – all leading to a toasted barley mixed with vanilla finish. (F)

PRV0684 BRAEVAL SHERRY 11 YEAR OLD
On the nose detect autumn fruits with dry spices and a barley gristiness – all “perfumed” together. On the palate
anticipate crunched sugar, barley, spicy fruit and oak – all leading to a toffee’d – fruity -barleyed and lightly oaked finish. (F)

PRV0681 ABERLOUR 12 YEAR OLD
The nose carries an attractively sweet and fruity character – a fresh fruit salad with lots of ripe banana. The palate is round and still sweet, replicating the nose – Pisang style. This sweet banana character runs through on the finish with late orange pith appearing. (J)

PRV0682 AUCHENTOSHAN 12 YEAR OLD
The nose is distinctly sweet, carrying a vanilla tablet and cotton candy quality. Still sweet, the clean palate now carries a more floral, fruity character, reminiscent of wine gums. The finish remains fruitily sweet, carrying an orange tang – “Grand Marnier” style. (J)

PRV0680 GLENGOYNE 12 YEAR OLD
The fragrant nose carries a gristy sweet character running to a lemon style plus a barley sugar quality. The palate is light, sweet and fresh carrying more citrus characteristics. The finish remains fresh and fruitily sweet with late orange pith apparent. (J)

We hope you will find that there are some really interesting new Malts offered in this selection . We are enthusiastic about them and hope that you will enjoy them.

With all best wishes, I remain

Yours faithfully

Fred H Laing
Managing Director

Viist Douglas Laing at www.douglaslaing.com