White Heather 8 Years Old
Blended Scotch whisky
40% ABV, £25 for 75cl
Score: 77/100
What they say:
Blended Scotch mostly sold in France at various age statements (8, 15, years old)m these days bottles mostly only show up at auction.
What I say:
Dram No. 2.2 at the Jolly Toper Christmas Tasting (18th December 2014) was this White Heather 8 Year old blended scotch whisky bottled sometime in the 1990’s. 75cl bottled at 40% ABV
Colour:
Russet amber gold
Nose:
Cinnamon spice, cereal barley malt, caramel, toffee, raisins, coconut
Taste:
Creamy toffee (Werther’s originals), caramel oak, banana cream and fruity peach, hints of heather honey and cereal barley
Finish:
Short, slightly drying and tannic
Overall:
Despite the lower ABV and the good chance this blend was chill-filtered (described as Liposuction for Whisky by JT) this blend had so much more going on in it that I enjoyed than The Antiquary 21 Year old.
