Auchentoshan 32 Year Old 1979 Oloroso

Auchentoshan Classic Bourbon Oak Cask

Nose: Grass, sea salt, gypsum. Palette: Pralines, Greek yogurt, carpet glue, hay bales and slight hint of grassfire smoke. The mouthfeel is thin and invasive, gathering unpleasantly around the teeth and gums. Finish: Flat and short: Dried grass, river water, rock salt. All told, I like this better than a cheap bourbon or a cheap Speyside any day,...

Score 73/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old 2001 Provenance

The latest Provenance-bottling, from McGibbon’s, which is actually part of Douglas Laing, was a gift from my friend Chris Leggat, former Auchentoshan ambassador and since a few weeks the son-in-law of Fred Laing (the lucky bastard). He sent me the bottle to be poured at a recent Toshan Man Tasting that I hosted. The nose is classic Auchentoshan,...

Score 82/100

Auchentoshan 2009 Distillery Exclusive Oloroso Cask #4447

Even the Toshan Man sometimes misses out on a release. Despite having great people at my favorite distillery to help me out in getting a few bottles of every Distillery Exclusive release, this one never made it to the Toshan Temple. It was bottled while both my buddy at Auchentoshan and I were on a well-deserved summer holiday. Luckily a friend in...

Score 89/100

Auchentoshan 16 Year Old 2000 Clan Denny

Clan Denny is a subsidiary of Douglas Laing & Co. Until recently, they mostly bottled single grain, but since the look of the range changed in July 2017, more and more single malts have been bottled. Always single casks, mind you. This Auchentoshan from 2000 matured for 16 years on a refill hogshead. It is very pale. The nose is light,...

Score 78/100