Balvenie Peat Week 14 Years Old 2003 whisky review: A superbly smokey and sweet Balvenie with a great malty backbone to support it. 86/100
The Balvenie 14 Years Old 2003 Peat Week (48.3%, OB, 2018)
Highland Park 2003 Post-Octave (50.7%, Duncan Taylor, 2018)
Highland Park 2003 Post-Octave whisky review: Having taken an already superb whisky and finished it for presumably only a short period (of all the samples this appeared to have the least difference/increase in colour), sadly there is too much spice on the initial palate for me and I struggled to decide whether I liked this one more or less than the Pre-Octave sample. I guess I was hoping for more here which didn’t come but this is still undeniably a good whisky. 87/100
Highland Park 2003 Pre-Octave (50.9%, Duncan Taylor, 2018)
Highland Park 2003 Pre-Octave whisky review: A simply beautiful Highland Park expression, the bourbon cask has imparted a delicious sweet creamy vanilla to counter the herbal smoke, surprisingly I didn’t pick out much malt but it is there all along adding a lovely weight to this dram. A purists dream this one. 87/100
Caol Ila 2003 Distillers Edition (43%, OB, C-si; 2-475, 2015)
Caol Ila 2003 Distillers Edition whisky review: A deliciously sweet and peaty Caol Ila Distillers Edition with a burst of well-integrated fruits adding to the heady malt and smoke mixture. 84/100
Oban 2003 Distillers Edition (43%, OB, OD 166.FC, 2017)
Oban 2003 Distillers Edition Highland single malt Scotch whisky review: Quite a different dram to the 2001 DE, cleaner and crisper in the nose and palate but much more sour. Not like the sweetness of the 2001 DE and for that I liked it a lot less. I felt this had more spirit character and less influence from the finishing casks perhaps? 80/100
Strathisla 13 Year Old 2003 The Distillery Reserve Collection (58.3%, OB, 1st Fill Sherry Butt # 62274, 654 Bottles, 2017)
Strathisla 13 Year Old 2003 The Distillery Reserve Collection Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt Scotch Whisky Origin: Strathisla Distillery Bottling: Chivas Brothers, Cask 62274 ABV: 58.3% Cost: £70 What they say: […]
Edradour 12 Years Old 2003 Natural Cask Strength 7th Release (56.5%, OB, Bourbon Casks, 705 Bottles, 2014)
Edradour 12 Years Old 2003 7th Release Bourbon Cask Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Edradour Distillery Bottling: Edradour ABV: 56.5% Cost: £64.68 What they say: The 7th release […]
The GlenDronach 13 Years Old 2003 Cask #4034 (52.5%, OB, Batch 14, 2016)
The GlenDronach 13 Year Old 2003 Cask #4034 Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: GlenDronach Distillery Bottling: Benriach Distillery Company ABV: 52.5% Cost: £74.29 What they say: GlenDronach Batch […]
GlenDronach 13 Years Old 2003 Cask #713 (56.5%, The Green Welly Stop, 670 Bottles, 2016)
The GlenDronach 13 Years Old 2003 Cask #713 Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: GlenDronach Distillery Bottling: Exclusive for The Green Welly Stop ABV: 56.5% Cost: £62.00 from The […]
Blair Athol 12 Years Old 2003 Hepburn’s Choice (46%, Langside Distillers, 2016)
Blair Athol 12 Years Old 2003 Hepburn’s Choice bottled exclusively for Robertsons of Pitlochry Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Blair Athol Distillery Bottling: Langside bottled exclusively for Robertsons […]
