Tamnavulin 18 Years Old 2000 Vintage whisky review: A good mix of gentle and sweet Speyside character with heavy sherry maturation, in a similar vein to Aberlour or Macallan outputs. This is a great expression from a relatively sparse offering of official bottlings from Tamnavulin. 85/100
Auchroisk 13 Years Old 2000 Strictly Limited whisky review: Great poise and balance to this one, a touch of cask char/bitterness and light floury barley malt along with ripe mixed fruits, very drinkable. 83/100
Lagavulin 2000 Distillers Edition whisky review: Softer and less smoky both on the nose and palate than the 1999 vintage. More fruity in nature and much more vanilla influence. Slightly more sugary and nutty too. It is hard to ascribe why this is distinctly less smoky and slightly lighter in texture, however differences in the maturation/finishing casks more than justify the alterations in flavour profile, more fruit and nut than chocolate and tobacco. Still very pleasant. 84/100
Hazelburn 14 Years Old 2000 Rum Cask Whisky Review: Sweet and spiced, pleasant but not overly complex, a good solid drinker. 84/100
A great balance between distillate and sherry cask maturation, with fruits, spice and tannic wood. 86/100
Edradour 14 Years Old 2000 Sherry Cask #2003 Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Edradour Distillery Bottling: Edradour ABV: 56.8% Cost: £79.16 What they say: A cask strength bottling […]
Aberlour 16 Years Old Sherry Cask Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Aberlour Distillery Bottling: Pernod Ricard/Chivas Brothers; Hand fill distillery only ABV: 56.2% Cost: £70 What they say: […]
Very nice, but perhaps a little too spiced, dry and tannic for my liking. 84/100
Divine, a superb expression, just wow! 90/100
This 15 year old batch from Springbank was impressive as usual but much drier and more tannic than I remember from the 2013 batch, a lovely presentation of powdered cinnamon but maybe lacking in the deep dark chocolate which we love so much. 85/100
