88 / 100
A sixteen-year-old Glentauchers with a clearly named refill butt cask and a lively sweet-shop streak: cola syrup, glacé cherries and strawberry sweets make the palate sound unusually playful. The finish shifts gears into marzipan, menthol, nutmeg and ginger, with cigar box adding a drier note. That change of direction gives the description some welcome shape; it isn’t just sweetness continuing in a straight line. The cask detail is pleasingly specific, without pretending it explains every flavour.
Reviewed by WildmintCloud
- Nose
- Treacle, Flaked almonds, Peach iced tea, Root beer
- Palate
- Cola syrup, Glacé cherries, Strawberry jelly sweets, Strawberry laces
- Finish
- Marzipan, Menthol, Nutmeg, Candied lemon, Taragon, Cigar box, Ginger