Our Whisky of the Year for 2022, this 18-year-old Highland malt is matured entirely in first-fill Bourbon casks, dialling up Deanston’s trademark tropical fruit and honey character to eleven and reinforcing it with rich American oak notes of butter and vanilla. Fantastic stuff.
FLAVOUR PROFILE
STYLE
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3
BODY
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4
RICHNESS
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0
SMOKE
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3
SWEETNESS
CHARACTER
VANILLA
BANANA
HONEY
FACTS
BOTTLER
Distillery Bottling
AGE
COUNTRY
Scotland
REGION
Highland
CASK TYPE
First-Fill Bourbon
CHILL FILTERED
No
TASTING NOTES
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Billy Abbott, The Whisky Exchange
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NOSE
Well-balanced toffee and zingy lemons are joined by notes of biscuits and patisserie – shortbread and Danish pastries. Malty notes build but are balanced by candied citrus, sharp fresh and sweet baked apples with a dusting of cinnamon sugar. Fruit pushes through middle: sultanas and peats, with a pinch of nutmeg and cherry hints.
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PALATE
Creamy with the toffee and biscuits from the nose. The toffee quickly turns fruity, bring back rich stewed apple sauce – both sour and sweet – with plump sultanas and slightly unripe pears. Aniseed-ball heat builds, followed by vanilla shortbread rolled in cinnamon sugar.
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FINISH
Apple peel and lemon zest fade to leave spiced shortbread, apple pips and almonds.
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