Glen Scotia Double Cask 46%

From the Glen Scotia website:

Glen Scotia Double Cask whisky is a wonderfully easy-drinking Campbeltown Single Malt whisky with tastes of toffee, salted caramel and a sweet dry sherry finish.

Aged in bourbon barrels before being finished in PX sherry casks, this expression provides the perfect balance of rich spicy fruits, sea spray and sweet vanilla oak.

Tasting notes 

Nose: Very sweet. Initially, it is all creme caramel, caramelised fruit sugars, wood sugar, toffee and fudge before some apple and peach come through. In time, a charred note of bourbon with a pleasing dusty dryness. Has some power.

Taste: Sweet start and quite fat. Though the alcohol gives a little tongue-tingling buzz, the result is a good mid-palate weight. The dry distillery character is still there, but there is now depth to counter. Water slightly dismantles the different elements but adds some dried mint.

Finish: Deep and dark, with gentle spice and lingering peat smoke.

Tasting Notes:

Appearance: Deep gold, forms a thin line before gradually falling as thin legs.

Nose: Sweet caramel, butter toffee, orchard fruit and vanilla, a little saltiness and subtle ginger spice

Palate: Creamy vanilla fudge at first with a thick oily mouthfeel. The sherry character comes though as dried raisins and sultanas with a hint of dark chocolate. Water brings out dark berried fruit, and more of that bitter chocolate, together with saltiness and a more pronounced hit of ginger spice.

Finish: Turning slightly bitter, salty and herbal, although not unpleasant. Light, slightly drying oak.

Summary: A lovely, easy drinker with enough character to belie its price point. Whilst a few drops of water really brings out the best in this whisky, it’s perfectly enjoyable neat. Overall, a great value for money dram.

If you would like more information on this whisky, or the Glen Scotia distillery, follow the link to the company website.