This Balmenach single malt from independent bottler Hart Brothers was aged in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in virgin oak casks. Bottled at cask strength after a decade in oak.
This 14-year-old single malt whisky is an enigma in which the aromas and even the flavor continually evolve. A complex and interesting blend with a smooth palate and a bitter finish.
Nose: Dufftown Flora & Fauna 15 yo reveals delicate aromas of ripe fruit, vanilla and honey, with a subtle touch of oak.
Feel: On the palate, this 15 yo single malt is smooth and balanced, offering notes of dried fruit, toffee and cinnamon, with a hint of black pepper.
Finish: The finish of this Scotch whisky is long and warm, leaving lingering flavors of fruit and spice on the palate, with a subtle touch of toasted oak.
N: Exotic fruits characteristic of Bowmore are immediately present, followed by a sweet, salty sherry aroma, but also coastal, fresh and full of citrus and mineral qualities. This is followed by an elegant peat smoke.
B: Fruity, peat smoke, saline and coastal attack, citrus and some smoked beer and dried seaweed notes.
F: Very long, smoky, exotic, coastal with citrus notes.