Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old

Auchentoshan 9 Year Old 2006 Distillery Only Bordeaux Wine Cask #205

This is another one that you could only get your hands on by filling it yourself after your visit to the distillery. I got the bottle from my German friend Michael. It is a malt that matured for 9 years in a red wine barrel from Bordeaux. The nose perfectly balances between sweet notes of banana, apricots, red fruit and candied agrums and earthy...

Score 87/100

Auchentoshan 16 Year Old 1974 SMWS 5.5

Now that is a Golden Oldie from my beloved Lowlander. Distilled in 1974 – I was four! – and bottled in the year I turned 21. It was the 5th single cask of Auchentoshan bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and bottled at a whopping 56.3% ABV. Surprisingly old school with lots of floral notes, silver polish, gooseberries and freshly baked bread...

Score 88/100

Auchentoshan Heartwood

The duty free range comprises five new expressions of this Lowlander: Springwood, Cooper’s Reserve, Silveroak, Solera and this Heartwood. Contrary to the Springwood that is matured on bourbon casks, this Heartwood matured on heavily charred bourbon casks and oloroso sherry casks and was bottled at a slightly higher strength of 43% ABV. On the nose...

Score 83/100

Auchentoshan 33 Year Old 1967 DL Old Malt Cask

This Auchentoshan is one with an almost legendary reputation. People in the know tell me that this might be the best Toshan ever bottled. Really? Well, this I have to taste for myself! It is a bottling from Douglas Laing under their Old Malt Cask label, distilled in 1967. It would not surprise me, knowing that 1966 was a top year for my favourite...

Score 93/100