A 2015 addition to the Deanston range, this expression has been matured for 18 years, including a finishing period in first-fill Kentucky bourbon casks. It was bottled without chill filtration at 46.3% ABV. Oodles of rich honey, luxurious vanilla, sugary shortbread and a touch of fresh ginger.
Enjoyable earthy vanilla up front, paired with Golden Grahams, honeydew melon and flint.
Lemon cheesecake and orange boiled sweets, shortly followed by stem ginger and beeswax.
Oily walnut and barley.
I bought a bottle of Deanston 18, as the result of my disappointment at a rather more expensive bottle and fate rewarded me. Beautifully smooth and very easy. Worth the price. If the more expensive whisky had been better, I might never have had it. The cold war between fate and I has since thawed, a touch.
