Whisky Agency 10th Annv Speyside 1977

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This 40 Year old Speyside single malt has been bottled to markThe Whisky Agency's 10th Anniversary. Bottled at 43% after maturing in a Sherry Butt. Serge from Whisky Fun scored it at 90pts.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: sticky toffee pudding in treacle sauce; molten brown sugar and warm molasses; cooked raisins and grilled figs wrapped in prosciutto; candied cherries moving towards Christmas cake tones; some leather, tobacco and spices to round things out. 

Palate: classic Old School sherried whisky; old port wine, leather straps and polished Italian leather shoes; some Dutch licorice and dark bakers chocolate; tropical fruits along with some Christmas cake tones and more sticky toffee pudding in treacle sauce; the raisins, figs and grilled prosciutto are still there accompanied by building spices: a hint of clove with some espresso beans.

Finish: long, sherried and complex; leather, dried dark fruits and chocolate. 

Comment: a big but balanced sherry bomb; a little too approachable for a whisky of this price... it won't last long.

90pts Serge @WhiskyFun

"Colour: amber. Nose: a different, less ‘up front’ style of sherry. More leafy, soft tobacco notes, demerara, walnut oils, milk chocolate and fragrant wood spices. Hints of jasmine, bay leaf, mint tea and lemon peel. It’s certainly soft as you might imagine but the aromatic profile is fragrant, balanced and very beautiful. Mouth: a big, evolving spiciness with green and soft tropical fruits underneath. Notes of guava, melon and pineapple cubes. Tea tree oil, eucalyptus resins, putty, menthol, lychee and lemon oil. Another of these hyper-quaffable old malts where the wood is present but mercifully balanced with the fruits and waxes of the old distillate. Pretty terrific really. Hints of sandalwood, cinnamon bark, strawberry powder and darjeeling tea. Finish: Good length. All on light waxes, leafy earthiness, dried herbs, lemon oils, pine cones and wee chocolatey touches. Comments: quite simply, an excellent old sherried Speyside malt whisky. Danger juice, as they say in Turckheim - probably. SGP: 641 - 90 points."

700 ml