This 10 year old Ben Nevis single malt exudes some beautiful coffee, chocolate and toffeed peat notes, a firm representative of the Western Highland style.
Fresh and quite dry. A supple greenness with soft leafy notes with a rich fruitiness. Hints of orange and Seville marmalade with a light vinous character and nutty undertones.
Gentle dryness. Toffee. Looming omnipresent are solid peat notes with a bitter sweetness.
Silken, toffee and caramel notes balanced with a touch of mochaccino and dark chocolate on the tail.
Shouldn't be allowed to call itself anything but paint-stripper
This is EXCEPTIONAL Scotch, and CURRENTLY at a reasonable price... if you can dang get it!!! My advice to any Whisky lover is, IT WON'T LAST in this iteration and will be subsequently marketed as a premium foreign product... mark my words.
£50? That's quite a hike from £30 . . .
Tried a number of bottles over the last five years and was very disappointed. The Whisky was dark in colour (Caramel)? and had a pungent aroma and displeasing taste to it. Fast forward to today, and the fluid and bottle/cork appear to have 'morphed' into something that probably resembles what the originators intended it to be... damn fine Scotch! The particular distillation and subsequent maturation of the article that I am appraising, is totally leaps and bounds ahead of the more recent offerings. It appears to be of a natural hue and un-chill filtered due to the tint and viscosity. I take this opportunity to commend the Management for the wisdom to return this article to its former glory.
I Didn't have high expectations it being just 10 years of age and sold at meet 30GBP. However I was wrong. It was definitely the best whisky at this price I have had a chance to try. Pleasent sweet notes. hints of vanilla and caramel. It just lingers in your month. Perfect desert whisky! Must have !!
