Candied Fruit 1988 Wemyss Malts Auchentoshan

Auchentoshan 10 Year Old for Scottish Power

At the end of the 1980s my beloved Auchentoshan bottled this 10 Year Old for Scottish Power. It was given out as a gift to their employees, with a matching decanter. The contents, however, is their regular 10 Year Old from that era. I poured it during my 49th birthday tasting last January. Candy-sweet nose on butterscotch and white fruit,...

Score 80/100

Auchentoshan 22 Year Old 1998 Chapter 7

Chapter 7 is a Swiss independent bottler, active since 2015, run by a certain Selim Evin. Doesn't sound very Swiss, but what do I know about that? I've tasted an Allt-a-Bhainne, Glen Keith and Tormore from Chapter 7 before, but now I have a 22-year-old Auchentoshan in the glass. Oooh, that nose is very interesting. A tropical Auchentoshan!...

Score 87/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old

When poured the color is light caramel learning towards amber. The nose was hard at first to put a finger on but after a short while, cigar could be smelled, but not only cigar it was a feeling of being wrapped in a blanket near a warm fire somewhere in the woods. The nose lingered for the remainder of the dram, exposing whiffs of caramel along...

Score 77/100

Auchentoshan 21 Year Old 1997 Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Barrel

This Auchentoshan was distilled on 22nd October 1997 and bottled by Signatory on 22nd October 2018, 21 years later to the day. It was selected by online whisky retailer The Whisky Barrel as an exclusive. Obviously I had to have it for the collection, but it looked so good that I ordered two bottles. One of those was presented during my birthday...

Score 86/100