Deanston 15-year-old - Sauternes Finish Distillery Exclusive
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Deanston |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Sauternes Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
rich gold
air Nose
I say well done, this is not only a bath of apricots, roses and plums, while the relation to the ultra-clean Cad remains obvious. Touches of bouillons, heather honey and mead, chutneys, sour-sweet sauces, then flowers (honeysuckle and heather indeed) and just fresh malt bread. So far, so good. With water: a little menthol coming out, which is not uncommon in some sweet wines (Sauternes, Monbazillac, Jurançon…)
restaurant Palate
perhaps a tad more difficult for a short while, with quite a lot of ginger and green wood spices, as well as a wee soapy side that may come from a few grams of sulphur. But all that tends to become more discreet, while the plums are coming to the front, together with a little Italian nocino (green walnuts) and hazelnut liqueur. With water: not many changes. A little leather, perhaps
timer Finish
rather long, on walnut wine and mirabelle jam. Not a very common combination, but it works. Quite some gewurztraminer in the aftertaste, bizarrely