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Auchentoshan 1987 17 Year Old Sherry

Too hot to handle

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@markjedi1Review by @markjedi1

10th Feb 2010

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It's no big secret that I'm a fan (and starting collector) of this Lowland whisky. Auchentoshan usually releases very soft, utterly drinkable dram in beautiful packaging (at least since 2008, imho). During the whisky festival in Ghent, I tried this particular expression.

This Toshan is anything but utterly drinkable. Even after adding some water, it's a tough one. I'm sure it's a special expression requiring a quiet setting to savour it with patience. I was not in that kind of place at that time. Hopefully I'll be able to try it again sometime soon. After all, this cannot be anything but great whisky, right?

The sherry dominates the nose, with touches of rubber, paint and coffee beans upon second and third tries. You have to get past the alcohol first. It also has some sweetness to it, in fact.

This is simply too hot to drink without dilluting it a bit. When you do, you'll taste citric fruits (I'm reminded of grapefruit and oranges), wood and walnuts. Some caramel too.

The finish is somewhat salty and bitter, but very very very long.

I think 110 EUR a bottle is a little steep. And it may sound almost like blasphemy, but this was my least successful encounter with Toshan so far. While I consider the other expressions as lovely nieces so far, this must be the stern aunt.

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PeatAndMeat commented

Aunty Toshen! Classic....

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