It unites big spicy notes with an underlying buttery sweetness. A slightly tannic oaky touch, but not out of place for me.įinish: long, oaky, with a faint smoky touch and tobacco. Learn more about the Glenfiddich single malt whisky collection. Then lots of leather, tobacco leafs, charred oak and roasted nuts. The Worlds most awarded single malt Scotch whisky.

Mouth: starts sweet and round, but quickly evolves towards drier, oaky spices. I like the combination of oak spices and a slightly exotic sweetness. There’s a lot of toasted oak as well, and cinnamon, which give it a solid dry side. Nose: a big, fruity sweetness, with plenty of figs and plums, dried banana and honey. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a specific barrel indication.Ĭolonel E.H.

It earned the award for best bourbon whiskey in the 2014 World Whiskies Awards. This low-rye bourbon is 11-12 years old and bottled at 100 proof. For the price you can get many better options, but tonight we choose. With a higher strength it could have been a killer dram. Like I said it’s nothing fancy, but pleasant nonetheless. One to pour a little too much of when you don’t need anything fancy. It’s a fine Macallan, a nicely balanced gentleman which never hurts. The Single Barrel is aged in warehouse C, which was built by Taylor in 1881. Let’s do a classic on this Macallan Monday, the 12yo Sherry Oak. collection contains a Small Batch version, this Single Barrel release, a Barrel Proof expression, Straight Rye, Old Fashioned Sour Mash and a Warehouse C Tornado Surviving limited release. is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the bourbon industry, fighting for the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, nearly three decades after he purchased what is now called Buffalo Trace Distillery. A virtually unlimited pool of flavour profiles and marketing opportunities.Ĭolonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. It proves the industry obsession with individuality, small batch releases and nice labeling. Buffalo Trace has a large number of brands and every one of them has several expressions.

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