Auchentoshan SMWS 5.29 – ‘Freesias crushed by an escaping car’–Auchentoshan 11 yo

Mediocre SMWS Toshan.

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galg

Date:

27th Aug 2012

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Tasting Notes by galg

Nose: at over 60% abv this one is quite sharp with alcohol, then it begins with some Vegetal notes as well as flower petals and coconut. On 2nd sniff we get some vanilla and citrus on the edge. A bit of white chocolate is also evident after a few minutes of rest in the glass. a pleasant nose, but a bit weird.

Palate: The palate was too harsh and alcoholic without some aqua for me (which is not very common, I like my drams at CS) : With water it gets bitter sweet with cocoa burnt sugar and warm wood. Ginger powder and cloves. With some vanilla and coconut from the nose. Not ultra complex, and lacking something. Can’t really put my finger, but it doesn’t mix well. The sun is less than the sun of its parts here… Finish: OK medium length, with quite the same flavors from the palate. that’s it.

Whisky details

Distillery/Brand:

Auchentoshan

Bottling:

SMWS 5.29 – ‘Freesias crushed by an escaping car’–Auchentoshan 11 yo

ABV:

60.6%

Colour:

Young Sauternes

Auchentoshan SMWS 5.29 – ‘Freesias crushed by an escaping car’–Auchentoshan 11 yo Mediocre SMWS Toshan. Reviewed on 2012-08-27T13:29:00 scoring 74/100 by galg

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Comments

markjedi1 wrote:

Just tried this myself and and must say that it is indeed a 'weird' and somewhat atypical Auchentoshan, but I did enjoy it more than you. An 83 in my book (although I know that means little).

27 August 2012 15:26