Distileerderij | Cragganmore |
Bottelaar | OB |
Serie | The Distillers Edition 2019 |
Gebotteld voor | X |
Gedistilleerd op | Not Specified |
Gebotteld | 2019 |
Land | Schotland |
Streek | Speyside |
Leeftijd | 12 |
Cask Type | Bourbon Casks, Finished in Port Casks |
Vatnummer | X |
Alcohol percentage | 40 |
Inhoud | 0,70 |
Conditie | In originele verpakking |
Etiket | Perfect |
Voorraad | 0 |
A ruby Port finish at 40% vol., what could go wrong? I have to say I’ve never quite understood how the coding was working here. Must be me. Colour: gold. Nose: light and dry indeed at first, pretty malty, with touches of raspberry jam coming out, perhaps, a little marmalade, Jaffa cakes, and echoes of old sweet red wines. I suppose that’s the Port. Mouth: starts rather okay, on chocolate and eau-de-vie, but tends to get dry and a little too leafy. There’s the trademark smokiness (wood) but it does get a little astringent, while there wouldn’t quite be enough oomph to keep the whole afloat. But let’s not exaggerate, it’s a pretty fine dram and at 45%, it would be very fine. Finish: short, a little too jammy for me, but I’m also finding cherries, while I adore cherries. Comments: the cherries saved it. Do you know the cherry jam they make in the Basque country?