Auchentoshan 2007/2024 tasting notes
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concert_goerAuchentoshan 16YO Lady of the Glen 5cl 55.7% ABV
Lady of the Glen Tasting Set
Distilled October 31, 2007; bottled July 2, 2024
Matured in a refill hogshead and finished in a first fill ex-Ruby Port cask for 17 months
Cask no. 4204
Color: amber with a reddish hue.
Nose: cherries, raspberries, strawberries, damp oak cask, plums, heather, nougat, baked apples, honey cake, and cinnamon. Wonderful!
Taste: cherries, rowanberries, strawberry jam, plums, a hint of pepper, oak cask, chocolate, cinnamon, blackcurrants, and mint. Quite smooth.
Finish: chocolate, strawberry jam, pepper, oranges, lemon zest, oak cask, and tobacco.
Score: 8 ½. Good. +2+1+1.
Conclusion: a rather charming aged Auchentoshan, with a very pleasant aroma, but decidedly on the sweet side, with cloying, compote-like moments. The port cask delivered an abundance of sweet berry notes. It would've been interesting to explore it with water, but the bottle size didn’t permit any experiments. 86/100, my best Auchentoshan to date.
Lady of the Glen Tasting Set
Distilled October 31, 2007; bottled July 2, 2024
Matured in a refill hogshead and finished in a first fill ex-Ruby Port cask for 17 months
Cask no. 4204
Color: amber with a reddish hue.
Nose: cherries, raspberries, strawberries, damp oak cask, plums, heather, nougat, baked apples, honey cake, and cinnamon. Wonderful!
Taste: cherries, rowanberries, strawberry jam, plums, a hint of pepper, oak cask, chocolate, cinnamon, blackcurrants, and mint. Quite smooth.
Finish: chocolate, strawberry jam, pepper, oranges, lemon zest, oak cask, and tobacco.
Score: 8 ½. Good. +2+1+1.
Conclusion: a rather charming aged Auchentoshan, with a very pleasant aroma, but decidedly on the sweet side, with cloying, compote-like moments. The port cask delivered an abundance of sweet berry notes. It would've been interesting to explore it with water, but the bottle size didn’t permit any experiments. 86/100, my best Auchentoshan to date.
