The Toshan Man
Mark Dermul
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Auchentoshan 17 Year Old 1996 Bottle Your Own
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Auchentoshan
17 Year Old 1996 Bottle Your Own Distillery Exclusive Bourbon Hogshead #11030 No of bottles: undisclosed ABV : 56,0% Color : full gold Tasted on 26/01/2014 |
Excellent
The
Bottle Your Own
programme from Auchentoshan currently boasts not one, but two casks.
Yoav Gelbfish from Israel visited the distillery, bottled from bourbon
cask 11030 and graciously offered to send me a sample. The worldwide
whisky community really is village, eh? Thanks, Yoav! Or, to use your
language,
עברית.
Boy, from the initial whiff alone you can tell this is going to be a
cracker. Succulent and sweet nose on vanilla, sultanas, almond
paste, white grapefruit and Graeffe (light brown) sugar. Nice touch
from the oak. It has something rummy and bourbonny at the same time,
that is really very pleasant. A wonderful floral side makes this a
top notch Auchentoshan. Excellent start!
It is creamy and mouth coating, but does not scorch despite the high
ABV. Almost syrupy. Barley sugar, white and yellow fruit, mildly
tropical notes of papaya. Well-seasoned too. Maple syrup. Milk
chocolate, coconut. Pepper and nutmeg.
Very long finish, in which the spices and the sweetness alternately
vie for your attention.
Wow! Great Auchentoshan. I hope the cask is still available when I visit Glasgow in a few weeks. I need me a bottle of this one!
UPDATE 16/02/2014: after visiting the distillery, I did in fact get my own bottle as a gift from the crew at Auchentoshan. Thanks!