Deanston 12 Year

Olfato: doce, frutado (talvez maçãs), aroma leve e fresco, malte, gramíneas, amendoado, baunilha, floral e um leve apimentado. Aroma muito suave e com boa complexidade. Paladar: dulçor de frutas frescas, apimentado de gengibre, leve amargor contrastando muito bem com algumas notas ácidas, todas elas muito bem inseridas e balanceadas. Amendoado, um pouco amadeirado e oleoso. Finalização: media para longa apesar de suave. As notas apimentadas - do tipo gengibre- permanecem por mais tempo na boca, seguidas de um dulçor e amendoado bem presentes. Impressões gerais: whisky não turfado, frutado, de personalidade forte e bem definida. Sem filtragem gelada e sem corantes artificiais, o que eleva o nível da experiência durante a degustação. Sua graduação alcoólica elevada (46,3% ABV) não se esconde em nenhum momento, porém é muito bem inserido e presente apenas em uma terceira ou quarta camada. Ótimo custo benefício, sendo que seu preço é muito menor - mesmo sendo um single malt - do que os blended malts conhecidos do público brasileiro e tidos como ótimos whiskies. Destilaria ainda bem desconhecida do público brasileiro, mas que merece toda nossa atenção já que que seus whiskies são ótimos e muito bem produzidos.

A really nice whisky. Somewhat sweet with the taste of vanilla and citrus coming through. Something good to drink on a cold evening.

Nose is elusive and hard to pin down, but the mouth flavors are far from shy: they’re rich and flinty. I like such mineral qualities in a white wine, but they don’t quite work here. It’s too dry and austere and ultimately not very memorable.

Nose is dominated by butterscotch and buttered bread with hints of spices in the background. The palate is thick and creamy. Not complex but very strong flavors. Sweet fruits in the background like raisins and apples. Finishes with a slight burn on the tongue and a heavy malt flavor. I’ve had this bottle for a few years, and every time I try it, I like it more. Maybe the whiskey has grown on me or maybe my tastes have grown to appreciate it. I normally enjoy some smoke and peat in my scotch, which makes it more impressive how delicious this scotch is with no signs of smoke or peat.

Ive had the virgin oak and like it a lot. This is supposed to be significantly better so was happy to purchase on sale for $46. Non-chill filtered and 92.6 pf. Poured neat, thick sticky glasscoat. Nose is cinnamon apple, buttered corn muffins, honey and heavy malt. No smoke or peat just pure scotch. Creamy mouthfeel leads to palate of dense honey malt, melted butter, more apple and cinnamon stick with some balancing oak. Finish is drying wood with mild char and fading buttery malt. Not complex but flavors are deep and rich with sit on your tongue smoothness of a 15-18 yr vintage. I can see why this won so many medals. Its near perfect execution of an unpeated straight forward malt............93/100..........absolutely delicious, definite repurchase......To me this is what you should see if you look up pure scotch whisky in a virtual dictionary, the rest are variants with fruit, peat , etc...... On the box its says " a gift from the gods" I concur, This is buttery malt bliss!!