Fahrenheit 173 - Whisky Ratings
| Whisky | Age/ Vintage | Origin | Richness | Peat/ smoke | Sherry influence | Rating | Price | QPR | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Grant (JM) 57.1% | 1969 | Speyside | 8 | 0 | 9 | 89 | Fantastic nose with wonderful, rich sherry and a note of gingerbread; rich, dry, fairly spicy palate - nice yet disappointing after the nose | | |||
| Longmorn (JWWW) 50.7% | 1966 36 | Speyside | 7 | 0? | 9 | 87 | Very rich with wonderful sherry notes (needs quite a lot of water) | ||||
| Springbank (sherry wood) 46% * |  | 12 | Campb. | 8 | 1 | 9 | 85 | Rich sherry nose with notes of prunes and gingerbread; rich palate with dried fruits and also a lighter note of citrus | |||
| Auchentoshan Three Wood * | Lowland | 8 | 0 | 9 | 84 | € 41 | 32 | Rather nice, very fruity nose with dried fruits, figs, gingerbread, marzipan and a note of turpentine; rich, explosive, very fruity palate - almost vulgar (needs a drop of water to tame it), fairly dry (but sweeter with water), also quite spicy and oaky (too oaky without water) | | ||
| Longrow 46% * | | 1974 16 | Campb. | 8 | 4 | 9 | 80 | Dry, fruity nose with lots of sherry; rich, fruity palate, also with lots of sherry (but not a very nice one); very dark for a Longrow | |||
| Old Pulteney (GM) 45% | 1973 30 | N Highland | 7 | 0 | 8-9 | 84 | Wonderful, rich, complex, fruity and spicy nose; the palate is rich, dry, bitter and disappointing; nicer w/ water (especially the finish, but the nose loses out) | ||||
| Springbank (Cad) 50.5% | | 1965 31 | Campb. | 8 | 8 | 95 | Wonderful nose with with lots of very nice sherry; water brings out the Springbank character but the sherry is still in the foreground; complex palate with sherry, vanilla, citrus fruits and cardamom | ||||
| Ledaig (Alambic Classique) 48.9% | | 1972 32 | Islands/ Mull | 8 | 6 | 8 | 92 | Fascinating nose with dry sherry and thick peat smoke; rich yet dry palate, quite peaty with lots of sherry yet very nicely balanced; wonderful finish | |||
| Springbank 50% | 12 | Campb. | 8 | 1 | 8 | 92 | Wonderful nose with dried fruit, ginger and the typical vanilla; rich, smooth, very nice palate with a rich sherried fruitiness and also lighter notes of vanilla and melon(?); the finish is a bit dry, however | | |||
| Strathisla (GM) | | 1960 2002 | Speyside | 8 | 0 | 8 | 91 | Complex, amazing nose with gingerbread, prunes, oak, peppermint, cinnamon, apple pie and calvados; the palate is at first sweet, smooth and very nice but drying, develops spices, a lot of oak; the oak dominates the dry, disapp. finish |
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