Auchentoshan Three Wood
Rough and unbalanced
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- Brand: Auchentoshan
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Lowland
- ABV: 43%
Nose: it’s possible to distinguish the different casks. There is clear sherry influence with notes of raisins, plums, dates and oranges. Bourbon associations as well. Some vanilla, apricot, apple and cinnamon. Toffee. Tobacco. In a way, it’s interesting to have the different influences, but on the other hand, it doesn’t work together as a whole. Too much oak to be refined. Mouth: sweet, lots of toffee and chocolate. Caramel and nuts. Quite “dark” with some burnt sugar and even some rubber (although it’s not unpleasant). Liquorice as well. The finish shows some bourbon-type flavours: cedar and pine wood, mint and spices. With water: lemon grass. Quite dry.
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Interesting how so many sherry-heavy whiskies have that rubber taste. I didn't notice it in Three Wood but I find it in many others: a'bunadh, Glenfarclas 15, Macallan Cask Strength, Springbank 12, among others.