Critics reviews
A balanced and calming blend that mixes light green grassy elements, some muesli and cold salted butter. A hint of mint and lime opens into citrus. Water broadens things, though they always remain in the grassy realm.
PALATE
A sweet start. In fact, it’s really, really sweet, with a slight thickening on the mid palate, where there’s greengage and light citrus on the end. A well-balanced and supple afternoon blend that takes mixers well. Water shows how the lightly oxidised Sherried note in the centre adds both coherence and complexity.
FINISH
Melting barley sugar and mint.
CONCLUSION
A new – to me – bottler set up by industry legend Willie Phillips and Don Sutcliffe. The whiskies used include: North British, Strathclyde, Cameronbridge, Glenfarclas, Ben Nevis, Balvenie, Kininvie, Glenfiddich, Allt-a’Bhainne, Auchroisk, Glenallachie, Westport, Speyside and Macallan. Blending and marrying is in first-fill oloroso Sherry butts
RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
Cupcakes on the lawn.
Dave Broom - Scotchwhisky.com, 10th June 2016
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Blended Malts
Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (previously known as Vatted Malt or Pure Malt) is a blend of different single malt whiskies from several distilleries. The malts would have been skilfully selected to create an whisky of unique and idiosyncratic character. The vatting process (re-casking into a single container) allows the flavours of the individual malts to integrate (to "marry" together).
However, unlike the whiskies simply labelled as "Blends/Blended", vatted malts do not contain any grain whisky.
One of the most renowned ambassadors of the vatted malts category has been Johnnie Walker Green Label. Other examples include Poit Dhubh, Eleuthera by Compass Box (vatted from Caol Ila and Clynelish), Macphails and Berry Bros. & Rudd's pride, Blue Hanger.
Find out about other whisky styles in the dedicated pages for Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Lowlands, Highlands, Speyside, Islay, Campbeltown, Orkney, Skye, Mull, Jura, Arran ) Grain Whisky , Blended Whisky , Vatted Malt Whisky (aka Blended Malt).
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Initial nose is all crème caramel and orange marmalade, evolving on the palate to include wild strawberry and vanilla cream. The finish is long and lingering with notes of shortbread, orange peel and a whisper of herbal mint.
An exemplary selection of mature grain and malt casks from North British, Strathclyde, Cameronbridge, Glenfarclas, Ben Nevis, Balvenie, Kininvie, Glenfiddich, Alt-a'Bhainne, Auchroisk, Glenallachie, Westport, Speyside and (of course) Macallan distilleries, blended and married in first-fill Oloroso sherry butts. While others blend to produce year-in, year-out consistency, each edition of THE EXCEPTIONAL BLEND will offer a whisky that is authentically individual, possessed of its own qualitative and stylistic distinction.
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