Banff 1975 MoS Diamonds
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Banff |
| Bottler | Malts of Scotland (MoS) |
| Bottling Series | Diamonds |
| Vintage | 1975 |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | MoS 13023 |
| Bottles Released | 101 |
| ABV | 42.9% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine, so very pale for a 37/38yo malt
air Nose
hell, yes! Which distillery was the queen of fruit+mustard? That's right, Banff. Granted, this is sweet mustard (maybe blueberry flavoured?) and the fruits are all sour, in a way, but that is superb in the very context. Chinese plum sauce for Peking duck? Other than that, we have herbal teas (lime blossom, orange blossom) and apples, tinned pineapples and quite some white chocolate. Spectacularly different so far
restaurant Palate
for just a fraction of a second, I had thought the oak had taken over, but then the fruits kicked in, together with an unexpected saltiness (coz yeah, there's no salt in whisky, only a saltiness). Fantastic passion fruits, bananas, raspberries, oranges, peaches... The oak's spices remain delicate and pleasantly cinnamony, I'd say. Very good body at barely 43% vol
timer Finish
okay, the oak got a little louder in the finish, but it's still of the cinnamony kind, not too drying. And, above, all, it's still wonderfully fruity