Auchentoshan 1978 Bourbon Cask Matured

This bottle was the finale at my 43rd Birthday Toshan Tasting and is one of my personal favourites from Glasgow. I had first tasted it when I visited the distillery in September 2010. I was hooked immediately. At long last, I am taking the time to write a proper tasting note for it. Better late than never.

The nose is simply divine! A wonderful mix of breakfast cereals with citrus fruit. That translates into grapefruit and lime mostly. Then some light brown sugar and roasted nuts like bresilliene. Wonderful eucalyptus counters the whole a bit. A leave of cigar tobacco and even a hint of salt, imagine that! Delicious.

Creamy mouth feel, pretty prickly attack. It is the citrus fruit that comes back first. Lemon and, a lot more than on the nose, grapefruit. Then some tropical fruit kicks in: litchi and melon. A hint of coconut and salted butter. Nicely seasoned with white pepper, liquorice and eucalyptus.

The finish is long, bringing back the tobacco leaf and eucalyptus, with a slightly salty death.

Boy, oh boy, what a Toshan! Only 480 bottles of which I already conquered two. Despite the price tag of £350, I have absolutely no regrets about that.

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