Distillery | Kingsbarns |
Bottler | OB |
Serie | Limited Release |
Bottled for | |
Distilled date | Undisclosed |
Bottling date | 2020 |
Country | Scotland |
Region | Lowlands |
Age | 3 |
Cask Type | American Oak Bourbon Barrels, STR Red Wine |
Cask Number | |
Alcohol percentage | 59.2 |
Volume | 0,70 |
Condition | In original container |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
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Nose: A good amount of vanilla custard and crème brûlée, as well as feint notes of lemon zest and maybe even some grassy notes. After a while more orchard fruits like green apple and honey. Also a touch of white pepper, followed by warmer spices like cinnamon. Even a whiff of wet pebbles.
Taste: Creamy and a sweeter arrival than expected. Notes of honey as well as some juicy stone fruits, but then a Pulteney-like spicy encore, which I totally love.
Finish: Soft spices and gentle orchard fruits. Finally some lingering grassy notes.
Score: 88
Simple, yet elegant and right up my alley. Precision distilling at its finest. I haven’t been as pleasantly surprised by a whisky in 2020 as I have been by the Kingsbarns Family Reserve.