Old Pulteney reviews

On August 15, 2020, a small group of us had a Zoom Tasting of 4 mystery samples. We had received them from @Fiddich1980 and tried them earlier, and then we went through them together. 2 of the 4 sam…

This is an now-almost-empty bottle that I acquired at auction last year - not the new updated packaging - and unfortunately the cork disintegrated. I've had this a few times at bars but never had a…

I finally decided to open my bottle of Old Pulteney 21-year old that I had been stacking away since 2017. It was matured in fino sherry (one third) and refill bourbon casks (two thirds) and was discon…

The Old Pulteney 25 Year Old matured in American oak for the first 22 years and was then allowed three more on oloroso sherry casks. It’s the successor of the Old Pulteney 21 Year Old that was named best…

Old Pulteney – until recently the most northern distillery on the Scottish mainland – has quite a few expressions in the Flotilla series. We will try the one distilled in 2005. It matured for ten years…

As I'm sure anyone reading this will know this was discontinued last year and I gambled, due to its reputation and my experiences with the 12, and snagged a couple of bottles. I'm always cautious when…

The marketing line on their website reads - On the most northerly shores of Scotland, where the North Sea meets the Caithness coast, there is a town; home to a whisky which captures the very essence of…

Nose: Quite a nice smoky nose, with apples, honey and some smoke, a touch of vanilla as well, warming spices with the baked refd apples, and a zingy lemon touch as well. Palate: Creamy smoke if you can…

Nose: the nose is heavier, darker , more sherried and brooding. with dark chocolate, honey and cocoa, more of the apple pie, quite rich, with spices, black tea leaves, tobacco and even a smoky touch and…

Nose: quite different with a lot of sherry influence, apple pie, glazed with burnt sugar, dried fruit, cinnamon, clove and a touch of vanilla. deep dark honey, sultana and spice. you can feel some ex…