Mark, who is a whisky blogger and vlogger, has tasted over 2.500
different whiskies, is the member of the
Connosr whisky community site
with the most whisky notes
under his belt and has produced over
115 tasting notes on video that
you can see on his
YouTube channel.
He has been involved with the selection of casks on numerous
occasions. These are
his tasting notes of this Save Lars Whisky.
Save Lars Whisky
After the peated Bruichladdich and the
bourbon-matured Auchentoshan, we wanted something special for the
third and final bottling of the Save Lars Whisky. After more than a
year of looking for the right cask, we finally found it in this
outstanding Balmenach, a fruity Speyside whisky which matured for 14
years on a refill sherry cask.
Fairly sweet nose on banana and pineapple, but it is dominated by
sweet malt. Some silver polish that I quite like, as if it was
poured by R2-D2 on Jabba’s Sail Barge. Some pine and grain biscuits.
The fruit evolves towards the candied variety. Some vanilla and
gooseberries. Nice nose.
The arrival is powerful and peppery. Immediately sweet on white
fruit, pineapple and some banana (although less than on the nose),
but now some citrus fruit kicks in. Think grapefruit and lime. Light
and fresh with a good body. This is quite enjoyable.
The finish may be short, but it is spicy with some pepper at the
death.
Lovely and accessible whisky that would do well in Chalmun’s Cantina
in Mos Eisley and hence a wonderful conclusion of our bespoke whisky
trilogy in commemoration of the Save Lars project.
Mark Dermul - 18/08/2015
We hope you too will enjoy this bespoke whisky!
