Braeval 1997 DL Old Particular
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Braeval |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 20년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 51.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
this time there is a little sulphur/struck matches, then treacle toffee, millionaire shortbread, a Mars bar again, Ovaltine… Something slightly sour as well, towards Greek yoghurt, lassi… I think I liked the 15 a little better – so far. With water: no, cancel that, it loves water and gets wonderfully earthy and musky at the same time. Puréed chestnuts
restaurant Palate
excellently malty and cake-y, with once again a lot of Ovaltine (professional writers won’t quote brands, but I’m an amateur so I do not care!) then a perfect marmalade-y side, raisins and prunes, Demerara sugar… Very nice, really very nice. With water: very good, chocolate, coffee, chicory, brown sugar (how come you taste so good…)
timer Finish
long, with a wonderful maltiness and perhaps a little more meat. Dried beef and chocolate