SMWS 84.25 Distinctive and delectable

Posted 21 September 2018 by Matt / In Glendullan
The Dramble reviews SMWS 84.25 Distinctive and delectable

Bottle Name: 84.25 Distinctive and delectable

ABV: 56.4%
Distillery: Glendullan
Bottler: Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Flavour Profile: Young & spritely
Region: Speyside Age: 9

A 9 year old Glendullan matured in a refill ex-bourbon hogshead. Young & Spritely profile.

Nose: Fruits and flans. An infusion of pear and ginger cordial with vanilla cream buns, sponge cake and freshly baked biscuits. In the mid-palate, earthy spices and a pang of minerality (wet slate) and salinity. Reduced, there’s a sense of juiciness with press grapes and pear liqueurs.

Taste: A fizzy arrival filled with sharp and tart grapefruit juice (with some champagne bubbles), white pepper, fiery ginger and granite-like minerality. The mid-palate offers a slightly change of mouthfeel with a chalky texture which is followed by earthy woodiness and a hint of salinity (salted peanuts). The addition of water offers up some cask influence in the form of vanilla, whilst also particularly expressing the ginger spice characteristic further.

Finish: Short, quite dry and with quite a lot of wood – planking, wood shavings, coconut and vanilla.

This Glendullan arrives rather hot and prickly with both alcohol and spices. There’s a bit too much cask influence here for my liking – particular from the mid-palate through to the finish. The nose however is very appealing, offering rich syrupy orchard fruits and plenty of underlying spirit character. A bit of a mixed bag.

Score: 81/100


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