Auchentoshan 18-year-old Limited "A" Release
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Auchentoshan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Oak Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Lowlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
글래스고 인근 로랜드의 오켄토션은 세 번 증류로 유난히 가벼운 결을 내는 증류소다. 버번 오크에서 18년을 보낸 리미티드 릴리스는 밝은 금빛을 띤다. 향은 메마르고 나뭇잎 같은 뉘앙스에 오크 대팻밥과 톱밥, 루이보스차가 스친다. 43도의 입안은 처음엔 마르다가 사과와 껍질, 올스파이스와 생강, 강황으로 이어진다. 로랜드다운 산뜻하고 가벼운 증류액의 성격이 또렷하다. 여운은 짧지만 오렌지의 산뜻함과 옅은 쌉쌀함이 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
it's pretty dry and leafy, not that easy, with first some oak shavings and sawdust, and only then gummy bears and marshmallows, rooibos tea… But it remains drier than before and even a notch metallic (old tin box)
restaurant Palate
again, a little leafy and drying at first, then on cider apples, peel, allspice, ginger, turmeric… The distillate doesn't seem to have much to say, we're pretty far from the distillery's older expression, not to mention the fantastic sherried ones that they used to have… like twenty-five years ago. Remember those very singular diamond-shaped labels that used to set them apart?
timer Finish
a little short, but better, fruitier, with some oranges. But the aftertaste remained rather leafy and tea-ish, a little bitter