Blair Athol 12 Year Flora & Fauna

Congrats Shail. Longg finish

The Flora and Fauna single malt series is a famous collection of some kind or famous malts that have special animals or plants in their labels. I believe this belonged to Diageo, but some of the distilleries have been sold, other have disappeared. This one is a 12yo Blair Athol, bottled at 43%abv, the spirit animal of this bottle is the Otter, that supposedly lives in the peaty moorlands. On the nose, very sweet. Toffee, Dulce de leche, Red fruits and Mint. Milk cream and pepper. On the palate, it follows the sweet path with some fruitiness. Toffee, orange peel and dulce de leche. Very simple, but not bad. Aftertaste, is where the swampy peaty moorlands appear. Hay, Tobacco and Salt. Very mineral and rocky. Overall, this is an enjoyable dram, but way too simple. It has two or three recurring notes, well delivered but also very standard for a single malt. I don't necessarily think of this as "boring", but it is not interesting either. My score for it is 74 over 100.