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Malts -
Malts
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Age:
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15 Year Old Distiller's Edition
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Region:
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Speyside
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Color:
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Deep Gold
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Nose:
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Rich nose full of honey and fruit stewed in sherry. Faint wood and some spice.
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Body:
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Smooth and slick.
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Palate:
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Lovely sweetness without being cloyoing. Raisiny and repeats the honey and fruit of the nose. Well integrated sherry, slight vanilla note and oak. Balanced spiceness, with some ginger present.
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Finish:
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Medium to long. The fruity sweetness fades nicely to a drier lightly spicy finish.
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ABV:
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51%
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Awards:
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SRWC 2010 Double Gold, IWSC 2010 Best in Class-Silver, ISC 2009 Silver & many other awards.
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Price:
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$ - an absolute steal for such an award winner |
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 15 years maturation
results in a smooth and rich dram. It is matured in American Bourbon, Portuguese Sherry & New Oak casks, flavors from each of which are well integrated.
Owners William Grant and Sons Ltd. have much to be proud of with this wonderful and amazingly well priced malt.
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Buy now at our partner
The Whisky Shop.
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Click pictures to see collections
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SUGGESTED CHOCOLATE PAIRING
The honey in Miel suggests the right amount of sweetness while the nutty praline provides a textural and flavor contrast.
The carmelized slivers of orange peel in the Dark Grignottine pull out the fruity side and work well with the sherry raisiny flavors of this scotch.
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