auchentoshan select
- Distillery
- Auchentoshan
- Style
- Single Malt
- Release
- Unspecified
- Age
- Unspecified
- Alcohol
- 40% abv.
- Region
- Scotland, Lowlands
- Bottled For
- Distillery
Auchentoshan, meaning `Corner of the field’ in Gaelic, produces a delicate, smooth and light single Malt Whisky. The subtle aroma and flavour of its Spirit is achieved by the unique Triple Distillation process, whereby the spirit is not distilled twice, as elsewhere in Scotland, but instead, distilled three times producing even greater refinement to its character.
review by coloradodram
- Color
- Pale gold.
- Nose
- Fresh metal shavings, heather, over-ripe bananas, nail polish remover.
- Body
- The legs indicated thin viscosity, but a surprisingly creamy mouthfeel emerges from a light body.
- Palate
- Definitely a metallic taste (maybe the triple distillation?), but a fine-enough flowery and fruity malt adjoins. Surprised not to taste much grass typical of lowlands.
- Finish
- Peppery, dry, medium hot but very shallow. Pretty smooth for what I'm guessing is ~8 years old.
Worth a taste, and a good value scotch, but a little 'too' distilled flavor for my palate. Maybe the more mature Three Wood would balance better.
review by anonymous
- Color
- light gold
- Nose
- some orange and lemon, floral, a bit hot
- Body
- light, a bit oily, smooth
- Palate
- vanilla, pear, lightly sweet
- Finish
- warm, sweet, fruity, Some Pears.
Great Sweet, and my favorite bargain Lowland Whisky. A great buy.