This month we have a short selection. So today we suggest for your consideration two (2) bottlings in the OMC range, one (1) new CLAN DENNY Old Grain and from the PROVENANCE range we have four (4) new offers.

Tasting Notes for OLD MALT CASK

OMC 2163 Aberlour 21 Year Old
Nose: Opens sweetly with toffee’d apples + a vanilla & spices character
Palate: Gristy sweet running to more (now fresh) apples + a tannic style
Finish: Now drier – carrying attractive soft spices + a hint of leather (J)

OMC 2170 Longmorn 21 Year Old
Nose: Sweet, running to a polished wood, bees wax style + elderflowers
Palate: Opens with a toffee & vanilla quality + caramelised fruit & spices
Finish: Still sweetly spiced, then runs drier to a cedar wood character (J)

Tasting Note of CLAN DENNY GRAIN:

DEN 0084 Port Dundas 34 Year Old
Opens spicy and sweet on the nose carrying an attractive vanilla’d quality which reveals the American origin of the cask. The palate is warmingly spiced, still sweet and runs to soft leather and oak… all culminating in a lightly smoked and surprisingly long finish for a Grain Whisky. (J)

The PROVENANCE Tasting Notes are:

PRV 0790 Longmorn 9 Year Old
Gently spiced and lightly butterscotched as it opens on the nose – then it heads to a warm citric character. The mouthcoatingly sweet and honeyed palate largely replicates the nose plus some extra Scottish tablet – the finish going back to a big spicy hit – warm camphor in style – plus burnt sugary hues. (F)

PRV 0731 Bowmore 10 Year Old
The nose opens with a surprisingly creamy vanilla style and runs to a sweet, peated barley quality. The palate carries a well balanced smoky character plus an old fashioned sweet butter style- like slightly burnt shortbread. The finish is long – sweetly smoked and carries a flamed lemon zestiness. (J)

PRV 0792 Inchgower 12 Year Old Sherry
Big, round, buttery and full as it opens in a cream style on the nose – before softly warming spices kick in. Mouthcoating and equally full on the palate, it is replete with muscovado sugar, dark macerated fruit and an interesting mix of spices. The finish carries more spice (concentrated now) plus a cough drop and late burnt sugar style. (F)

PRV 0789 Linkwood 12 Year Old Bourbon
Vanilla toffee opens the nose before it moves to spicier tones – now drier and gristy – then toffee once more. Palatewise it is as sweet as that toffee, plus citrus plus sweet barley and vanilla – all leading to a spicy sweet, creamy chocolate and coffee finish (F)

Yours faithfully
Fred Laing