Auchentoshan Pure Malt Bottled 1980s

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old

A friend owed me a bottle of scotch, so I chose this one. I was surprised! Price: Low Tier. Region: Lowlands. Nose: Exceptional. Sweet waves of caramel, sugar pies, cream - a tsunami passing through a bakery - batter your nose. Out of the bottle and into the glass, slight hints of apple cider and tobacco arise. Body: Quite soft. Much more viscous...

Score 75/100

Auchentoshan 21 Year Old 1998 Sunlight for MMM

At last, Mark & Manny present their long awaited third release in this year’s so-called Artist Series, again with a lovely artwork from Nathalie Pien on the label titled ‘Sunlight’. And that is very apt indeed, for this is a wonderfully summery Auchentoshan from 1998 that has spent a beauty sleep on a bourbon cask for no less than 21 years. It...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan 16 Year Old Bourbon Cask

This 16 Year Old Auchentoshan is a vatting of first fill bourbon barrels. A total of 4.800 bottles were released at a cask strength of 53,7%. I did not compose this tasting note by myself, but also used the imput of the audience during my Toshan Night (an all Auchentoshan tasting I hosted in Belgium recently). This is our joint verdict. The nose...

Score 86/100

Auchentoshan 19 Year Old 1996 The Maltman

I tried this malt years ago for the first time during a whisky dinner in The Hielander, the famous Scottish restaurant in Alkmaar, Holland, with the indomitable Wullie Macmorland behind the stove. I was so enchanted with it that I ran to the shop the very next day to buy a bottle. But as there was only one, it went into the collection and remained...

Score 85/100