Lowland distillery Auchentoshan's flagship single malt whisky, famously triple-distilled which is unusual for a Scotch. This contributes to its signature smooth character, however. It's been matured in both American oak and sherry casks.
A cereal-sweet nose with notes of guava and mango, with a drizzle of honey.
Oaky and sweet palate, with barley sugar, a little passion fruit and vanilla custard too. Perhaps some rose petal jelly in there.
A lengthy, dry and oaky finish with barley sweetness and cocoa powder.
I buy a nice bottle of single malt at Christmas for my friends coming into town each year. I try to sample our way around all the regions of Scotland. I'm sorry to say this years selection, Auchentoshan, was the first time we've been disappointed. We all agreed it's a smooth scotch, but my enjoyment of single malt is the complexity with distinct beginnings, middles and long finishes. In my tasting, this scotch delivers a pleasing butterscotch flavor and then promptly quits. At this price point (the same as the others I buy) I expected more.
Love the nose, vanilla, caramel and some citrus The finish is smooth, almost but not quite sweet with no peat and a just a little smoke tiny bit of bite at the end. My new favorite whiskey, prefer it neat, I found ice robbed some of the flavors from this one. This is a very mild single malt.
if it was possible to drink an angel she would taste like this !
It's my favorite 12 year scotch; eminently drinkable in large quantities, which makes it dangerous to have around. The nose to me is smooth citrus, palate is light butterscotch, and the finish is dulcet while still coming through with a comfortable burn, which is important in a scotch of this kind.
Wonderful aroma of coconut, vanilla, orange. Palate doesn't match: light, oak and sour. But lots of breathing turns this to honey. Good, if average.
