Deanston 12 - 46.3%
Matured for 12 years in ex-Bourbon casks before bottling at 46.3% without chill filtration or artificial colouring.
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 the Deanston distillery, follow the link to the company website.
