Stratheden VINTAGE The Lost Distillery Company Batch:1 46% NV

Professionele reviews

Serge Valentin (88)

The 'vintages' don't bear any vintages, they are older versions of each blend.

Colour: pale gold.

Nose: it's a bit lighter again, rather on walnuts, apples, orange peel and kumquats. I also find some hay and then more apples, tobacco, tree bark, hazelnuts... I really enjoy this freshness. A few raisins as well but the whole isn't exactly raisiny.

Mouth: nah, there, another one that's excellent. There's quite some smoke again, a saltiness, iodine, apple peelings, lemons and citrons, then a little more brine, some wax, a drop a limoncello and bags of apple peeling. I have to say this doesn't taste very old, but it's pretty perfect.

Finish: long, a little more medicinal and certainly smokier and more peppery. I some way, a mix of old Highland Park and Talisker...

Comments: it seems that they all got me. They're all big whiskies and it really seems that the stories were not just... stories. Congrats.