Speyside Distillery Private Cellar Balmenach 1979 (27 year old) 46%
Dist: 1979 Btl 2006/ Tasted: Sept 2006
A hard granity nose. Immensely fruity – tangerine and orange marmalade. Very juicy and dripping with oodles of mature honey. It really is a malty, fruit monster, with deft touches of spice. Dry on the palate and quite slow to develop. I’m afraid that the palate fails to live up to the promise of the nose. It’s hard, short and alcohol dominated with only a suggestion of the fruit and spice found on the nose. Overall disappointing.
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