A sherried 12 year old single malt from Diageo's Classic Malts range, this bottling from the Cragganmore distillery represents Speyside and proffers a rich, slightly floral whisky with barley notes.
Aromatic, floral. Heather, fruit salad, creamy texture. Smoked almonds, stemmy hay.
Rich, honey, stone fruits, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds. Berries.
Smoky, good length, delicate peppery spice.
Mmmmmm ;-)
One of the finest malts available
This is, in a nutshell, a typical example of a Diageo product. Uninteresting but easy to drink - one that's likely desgined to appeal to the masses. Ultimately uninteresting but decent enough in both quality and price. One for the scotch beginner.
Cragganmore 12 was my second foray into what I'd call gentleman's scotches or real scotches. Unfortunately, I tasted it and its diametrically opposed super smokey cousins to the west. It's not bad for the price. It's not bad at all. For me, I'm not really a fan of sweet things in general, so this wasn't a great scotch. It is smooth and has really fine subtle hints of florals. I'd say it's well balanced from beginning to end, and has a creaminess which was a little off-putting but not undesirable. I might revisit it when I can taste it against similar whiskeys
For the money nothing else is close!!
