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 | | |||
| Glenlivet (Sign) 55.1% cask 5719 |  | 1975 28 | Speyside | 8 | 0 | 8? | 89 | Very nice nose with rich notes of sherry, oak and tropical fruit; complex, oaky, spicy palate with a dry sherry character and a minty note | |||
| Longrow 'Dreams' (MI) 45% | | 1987 1999 | Campb. | 8 | 7 | 0 | 89 | Peat and engine oil on the nose; busy, powerful, very smoky palate with a musty peatiness; calms down a bit towards the finish; wonderful palate and finish (best without water) | |||
| Glendronach 46% | | 15 | Speyside | 8 | 0 | 8 | 88 | Very nice fragrant nose with plenty of sherry and a note of linseed oil; complex and very nice palate - rich and sweet with dried fruits, also a little spicy with ginger, cloves (richer, more powerful than its 40% predecessor) | | ||
| Strathisla (GM) | | 30 | Speyside | 8 | 0 | 7 | 88 | Dense, a little earthy nose with oak, dried fruits and ginger, also flowery with a hint of citrus; rich, quite oaky yet very nice palate with light notes of linseed oil, peppermint and aniseed, drying with a very dry, oaky finish | | ||
| Longrow 46% * | | 1992 10 | Campb. | 8 | 7 | 0 | 87 | € 80 | 28 | At first a very nice fruitiness, then becomes more peaty; the peat peaks in the very nice, yet slightly musty finish | |
| Longrow 46% | | 1996 10 | Campb. | 8 | 6-7 | 87 | € 70 | 32 | Young and a bit fiery with cereal notes and an interesting combination of rich fruit and thick peat | ||
| Macallan Royal Marriage (1948/1961 vatting) | | 20 | Speyside | 8 | 0? | 8 | 87 | Very rich with the typical Mac sherry but this time more complex and not so dominating; very nice finish | |||
| Bowmore (TWA) 54.6% | 1993 17 | Islay | 8 | 7 | 0 | 86 | Peaty, malty nose; dry, spicy, peaty palate, light at first, then grows powerful and develops a lot of peat, simplistic and a little hot but quite nice; very peaty, very nice finish with notes of tar, iodine, malt | ||||
| Lagavulin (DE) | 1981 | Islay | 8 | 4 | 6 | 86 | € 70 | 25 | Compared to the 1979: A little less smoky with a lighter, fresher fruitiness; all in all nicer and more balanced | |
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