The Whiskyphiles

15 Years Old

  • The Singleton of Dufftown 15 Years Old

    Much more balanced that the Trinité but I still found this one a little bland. I love the 12, despite it’s super-easy drinking it is full of subtleties and nuances of flavour that works really well. Sadly I’m just not… Continue reading

    The Singleton of Dufftown 15 Years Old

  • Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish

    Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish Whisky Review: A much more delicate dram than the Dailuaine, more typically speyside and slightly more typically sherried here also. Leather and sun-dried fruits combine with plenty of orange zest and hazelnut. 88/100 Continue reading

    Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish

  • Knockando 15 Years Old 1999

    Knockando 15 Years Old 1999 Whisky Review: Much more sherried than the 1997 vintage, in texture, colour and flavour. A completely different beast, still with plenty of nutty and floral notes but superior overall. 85/100 Continue reading

  • Knockando 15 Years Old 1997

    Knockando 15 Years Old 1997 Whisky Review: Malty and floral, spicy and nutty, coffee, etc, this has it all but is perhaps a little too spiced for me. 82/100 Continue reading

    Knockando 15 Years Old 1997

  • Longrow 15 Years Old 2001 Sherry Cask

    Longrow 15 Years Old 2001 Whisky Review: A touch oily and closed and quite creamy in texture. Straight forward sherry and peat but with further sampling what at first seems simple is really quite accomplished, a single cask that is… Continue reading

    Longrow 15 Years Old 2001 Sherry Cask

  • Tomatin 15 Years Old 2003 Moscatel Finish

    Tomatin 15 Years Old 2003 Moscatel whisky review: Flavourful and rich, balanced sweetness and oak and some lovely bright fruits in here. Tomatin’s spirit is quite delicate  and this enhancement complements it well. 86/100 Continue reading

  • Inchmurrin 15 Years Old 1996 Signatory Vintage

    Inchmurrin 15 Years Old 1996 Signatory Vintage Cask 24+25 whisky review: Very nice, not too challenging but very little peat influence I could detect. 83/100 Continue reading

    Inchmurrin 15 Years Old 1996 Signatory Vintage

  • Springbank 15 Years Old 2002 Sherry Cask

    Springbank 15 Years Old 2002 First fill Sherry Hogshead Whisky Review: A classic single cask expression that displays many of the qualities the official Springbank 15 year old is built on, a delight to sample this one. 87/100 Continue reading

    Springbank 15 Years Old 2002 Sherry Cask

  • Teaninich 15 Years Old 2004 Ruby Port Finish

    Teaninich 15 Years Old 2004 Ruby Port Finish whisky review: Another masterful finish here, I suspect the original cask had done wonders with vanilla-infusing this whisky, the sweetness is accentuated by strawberry from the port finish, definitely one for sweet-tooths.… Continue reading

  • Bain’s 15 Years Old Founders Collection

    Bain’s 15 Years Old Founders Collection Whisky Review: A touch spicy, unsurprising due to the hot climate and cask activity in South Africa, and light-bodied and slightly spirity in character driven by the core grain spirit, though these are small… Continue reading

    Bain’s 15 Years Old Founders Collection