North British 1991 SV Cask Strength Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | North British |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | Cask Strength Collection |
| Vintage | 1991 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Californian Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Lowlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
this is different. More polished, rounder at first nosing, even if the notes of smoked fish are well here. Vanilla custard. Develops on unusual floral notes (dandelions, flower nectar), then whiffs of brown coal, pu-erh tea, matches, hints of dry white wine again, a little more liquorice… More notes of kippers as well, maybe even sardines. Hints of fresh almonds and gingerbread. This one gets more and more complex, and rather wilder too over time. Very interesting development from ‘almost smoothness’ to ‘wild coastal peatiness’
restaurant Palate
once again, it starts quite smoothly (well, considering it’s Port Ellen), on orange marmalade and lapsang souchong (smoked tea), but it really becomes a hard-hitter after that, with quite a lot of peat, lemon peel (and squash), orange peel, coriander, brown sugar again… The grassiness gets bigger too (interesting notes of sorrel mingling with the lemon) but there are also quite some ‘candied’ notes (crème brûlée, caramel custard, even rum.) A big dram that started smoothly but grows wilder and wilder. Tricky, in a certain way
timer Finish
very long, but quite interestingly, it sort of softens (hints of pineapple drops and honey – honey in Port Ellen!) whilst keeping its beautiful profile
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