Mosstowie 34 Years Old The Ultimate Cask 1355 51,5% 1979

Distillery	mosstowie
Bottler	The Ultimate
Serie	Rare Reserve
Bottled for	Van Wees
Distilled date	06.02.1979
Bottling date	04.06.2013
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside
Age	34
Cask Type	Bourbon Barrel
Cask Number	1355
Alcohol percentage	51.5
Volume	0,70
Condition	Perfect
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

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Serge Valentin (86)

Purveyors Signatory Vintage already had some excellent 1979s, I especially remember a cask #1305 that was great (WF 88). Lomond stills used to impart a very specific kind of fruitiness – think Inverleven’s Lomond still.

Colour: straw. Nose: macchiato and butterscotch for a start, then whiffs of sour wood (fallen trees in a dump forest) and a lot of green tea. Rubbed fern. With water: no, it’s some pure sawdust that comes out. No water in this!

Mouth (neat): really very good indeed. It’s no bold whisky, but it’s got a kind of herbal structure that works very well. Linden, chamomile tea, certainly some eucalyptus leaves that you would chew on… It’s very different from any other kinds of malts (while I have to confess I’ve forgotten how Kinclaith used to taste), but it’s excellent. Mentholy apples? With water: water work rather better on the palate. Sour apples, even sweet potatoes…

Finish: medium, a tad sawdusty, but there’s also this very engaging kind of herbalness, between verbena and lemongrass.

Comments: a forgotten style. Try to catch one before they become totally undiscoverable. Not that they were very seminal, having said that…

Words of Whisky (87)