Terroir From the French word terre – ‘land’ Meaning: The complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced, including factors such as the soil, topography, and climate or the characteristic […]
Adelphi Private Reserve Blend Whisky Review Category: Blended scotch whisky Origin: Adelphi Distillery (blending house) Bottling: Adelphi ABV: 40% Cost: £20.95 Score: 77/100 What they say: This blended whisky was made at […]
A simply stunning expression, made all the better thanks to the sensible pricing. This really is a well constructed dram redolent of the festive period and Christmas-time. A Dessert of a dram. 90/100
Highland Park 19 Years Old 1995 4.214 After hours (54.4%, SMWS, Bourbon HH, 235 Bottles, 2015) Category: Island single malt scotch whisky Origin: Highland Park Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask […]
SMWS 96.8 Relaxing in an alpine meadow Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: GlenDronach Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask 96.8 ABV: 58.3% Cost: £44.20 buy from SMWS Score: […]
Bruichladdich Micro-Provenance Cask 013 Whisky Review Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bruichladdich Distillery Bottling: Official for #LaddieMP3 ABV: 50.6% Cost: £90 Score: 86/100 What they say: The Micro Provenance series is […]
Review: Flaviar Discovery Tasting Sets Flaviar are a company who provide a drinks discovery service via monthly subscription. Many will find their journey into new spirits a little daunting with perhaps Whisky being […]
Interesting, delicate and quite creamy but with an overriding chalky nature that screams BOWMORE at me in big letters, coupled with either a refill sherry cask or mixture of refill sherry/bourbon cask maturation this remains highly drinkable but not overly impressive for me.
SMWS 13.47 It’s a knockout Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Dalmore Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask 13.47 It’s a knockout ABV: 59.3% Cost: £51.70 buy from SMWS Score: 89/100 […]
Bowmore 17 Years Old 1997 3.251 Engineers work bench in a boatyard (55.4%, SMWS, Refill Sherry Butt, 553 Bottles, 2015) Whisky Review Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bowmore Distillery Bottling: […]
