Loch Lomond Reserve

This bottle is awful. Thought I’d give this one a try since I really enjoyed the Loch Lomond single grain.....nope. Overly peaty with an absolutely nasty unrefined tequila like finish.

Ok in Australia this is $40 and in that club this is an interesting dram. Nose has butterscotch, butternut biscuits, peat and a touch of ethanol weaved together. Not amazing but certainly enough going on to tell you this is not just another mass produced blend. Sweet toffee/butterscotch and vanilla moving to light tannin and like High Commissioner a touch of charcoal and spice, nicely balanced and very smooth for a blend. Cereal malt mixed with a herbal finish. It is lightly peated like the nose but again nice and refined dram at this price point. 3 stars or 88 points - top result for NAS blend.

A pleasant in-house blend from Loch Lomond. The nose is classic Loch Lomond - a little fruity, a little funky, a little butterscotch. The palate here, though, switches it up - while there are some of the sweet, butterscotch, vanilla, toffee, etc. notes that I expect from there, there is also a BIG savory, herbal quality to this one, too. It's a nice, rather different interpretation of the Loch Lomond personality!