Final Favourites
Final Favourites Ratings Auk/Ang. Clynelish: 1/3 Mild honey scent; gentle shallow taste, spirity and bitey, slightly sour yet complex, pleasant. Short aftertaste. Glenlivet: 5/2 Gentle spirit nose, not sweet. Pleasant slight medicinal flavour, quite rich, sweet. Short aftertaste. Highland Park: 4/4 Mild and mellow, slightly metallic nose; taste initial strong bite, almost herbal. Clean. Laphroaig: 2/1 Good peaty liquorice sweet nose; stays up in the nose. Earthy, strong, full, rich,smokey, complex yet light on the palate; smokey aftertaste lingers well. Consistent throughout. Macallan: 3/5 Sweet, deep, rich port-like nose, “varnishy” undertones. Rich, thick and very smooth taste reminiscent of soaked fruit, raisins. Not complex, strong fortified wine influence. Port aftertaste lingers. Not previously tasted Longrow: n/r Fiery, sweet, strong, sharpish. Gsood long aftertaste.