Maltbarn, Speyside Single Malt, 29yo, 1989, Bourbon, 49.1%
Tasting Notes:
From an unknown Speyside distillery. A mighty tropical fruit basket with a dry and waxy side. Drinks like lemonade
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⇨ ⇨ Whiskyfun: 89
4.5 ★★★★☆
Colour: straw.
Nose: the parentage with the 1973 is pretty obvious, although this one would be fresher, and more on a blend of orange and apple juices. Add vanilla and add fresh almonds, and presto, you’ve got a marvellous fresh old Speysider. We could also mention sunflower oil and just wee ideas of copper. One penny, no more.
Mouth: almost perfect. Fresh, a tad more mentholy now, rather fat, with walnut skins, pumpkin seeds, a touch of salt, more apple juice, and a curious tea-ishness, not easy to describe. Anyway, the whole’s absolutely lovely and rather characterful (not always the case with some Speysiders).
Finish: rather long, malty and barley-y at the same time. Tell me about some energy bar! Oranges are back in the aftertaste.
Comments: excellent, pure ‘malt’. You actually feel the barley.
SGP: 551 – 89 points.
Note: five of nine Speyside Whiskies which have been bottled by Maltbarn are distilled in 1973. All have great reviews (over 92/100) by whiskybase.
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