Deanston 12 - 46.3%
Matured for 12 years in ex-Bourbon casks before bottling at 46.3% without chill filtration or artificial colouring. Tasting notes: Appearance: Copper gold in colour, forms a thin line which beads before falling slowly as thick, oily legs Nose: Barley sugar sweets, honeycomb toffee, candied orange and lemon peel, honeyed cereal, and freshly cut hay Palate: Waxy with medium-full body. Sweet vanilla cream, honeyed malt, orange and lemon citrus, orchard fruit and oak spice Finish: Long and lingering. Heather honey, orange citrus, vanilla and mildly astringent oak spice Overall: My initial thoughts were to describe this as an easy sipper, but I don’t think that does it justice. For a current price of around £40 you’re getting a whisky with great mouthfeel, plenty on the palate and a finish that kept me interested. If I was asked to find a whisky that would introduce someone to the character of Deanston it would be this one. If you would like more information on this whisky, or th...
