Old Ballantruan The 'Peated Malt'

Oct 2019. Clear medium gold. Aromatic plum, brine, ripen critrus, smoky pomelo and overcooked egg white in nose. Warm rich smoky malt biscuits, brine, iodine, and a little sweet vanilla in the aftertaste. Good balance peated malt finish.

Peaty but caramel in the nose, not bad

A little less passionate compared to the extraordinary 10 y.o. version. To the nose: heavy peat, many fresh notes and orange peel. The taste is same - very peated; pleasantly sweet on the edges of the tongue, some citrus, deep smoked barley; but somewhat pale relatively to the 10 years version. Finish is decent - smoky, mouthfilling, “oily”; there is some barley too. It seemed to be very likely to Ledaig 10 y.o. The second tasting reveals much more mature and sweeter nature (same bottle, after 2 months since opening - does not seem to deteriorate). Cool. With a touch of water it gives you some more citrus and cream. Well-deserved 4.

Soild peated whisky nice to get it at 50% is well balanced and simple

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