Whisky - DT Auld Blended 38YO
This is a marriage of the finest single malt scotch whiskies including white port casked Bunnahabhain, Highland Park, Glenburgie, Miltonduff, Glenlivet and Springbank with the Invergordon Single grain whisky.
The youngest constituent part is 38 and the oldest a mere 42 years old! Bottled in 2006. Will it live up to the brilliance of the lovely and now unavailable 35 year version?
Nose: Soft oak, lemon and marshmallow, a luscious honeyed sweetness mango peaches and custard. Sensational. Not tired or too old. This just keeps changing in the glass over a half hour.
Pallet: silky an buttery, lovely gingery fruits appear in the mouth. The grain livens up the whisky and I guess subdues some of the older wood. Not as tannic as I expected and the snap of citrus keeps it fresh. That honey is also still hanging around.
Finnish: like drinking milk this is a velvety dram. Appetising and dangerously drinkable. In fact its probably a little shorter than I expected but this only adds to the glugability. A little drying but nothing excessive.
Comment: Not as complex and more delicate than the stonking 35 year version I had last may, but none the less it’s a bargain at £55 from SMD and a well mannered and superb whisky that betters most malts. I would take the 35 over this though most of the time as to me the pallet and finnish lack a little of what the nose offers.
Score: 90.5%
The youngest constituent part is 38 and the oldest a mere 42 years old! Bottled in 2006. Will it live up to the brilliance of the lovely and now unavailable 35 year version?
Nose: Soft oak, lemon and marshmallow, a luscious honeyed sweetness mango peaches and custard. Sensational. Not tired or too old. This just keeps changing in the glass over a half hour.
Pallet: silky an buttery, lovely gingery fruits appear in the mouth. The grain livens up the whisky and I guess subdues some of the older wood. Not as tannic as I expected and the snap of citrus keeps it fresh. That honey is also still hanging around.
Finnish: like drinking milk this is a velvety dram. Appetising and dangerously drinkable. In fact its probably a little shorter than I expected but this only adds to the glugability. A little drying but nothing excessive.
Comment: Not as complex and more delicate than the stonking 35 year version I had last may, but none the less it’s a bargain at £55 from SMD and a well mannered and superb whisky that betters most malts. I would take the 35 over this though most of the time as to me the pallet and finnish lack a little of what the nose offers.
Score: 90.5%
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