The Toshan Man
Mark Dermul
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Auchentoshan 14 Year Old 2000 Old Particular
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Auchentoshan
14 Year Old 2000 Douglas Laing, hogshead DL10716 Number of bottles: 324 ABV : 48,4% Color : straw Tasted on 05/09/2015 |
Grapefruit
The Old Particular range from Douglas Laing does not really need an
introduction, does it? I have had quite a few gems already,
including two Auchentoshan. Today I will try the latest release, a
14 Year Old from 2000, just on the market and the youngest Toshan in
the OP-series so far.
Classic Toshan on malt, citrus and something flowery. Very clean, this
nose. The dominating aroma is grapefruit. The white inside skins of
a recently peeled grapefruit to be precise. Is that precise enough?
Oh, Mark, don’t be such a show-off. Then some aspirin and heathery
flowers. Great spring nose, if you know what I mean.
On the palate, this all returns, upholstered with some pepper, but it
also turns a bit sweet and sour and mildly bitter at the same time.
Like tea that has infused too long with a peel of a Seville orange
in the cup. The oak becomes surprisingly loud. Quinine? The second
sip adds apple juice and some lemon. Cider apples, actually. It
works.
I am happily surprised with the long, warm finish, in which this Toshan returns to the sweet path.
Terrace, sun and this bottle: the ideal combination. The Auchentoshan Old Particular releases make me happy. Keep it up, Fred!