Old Pulteney 12 Year

Lemon and orange peel on the nose, with a hint of vanilla if you explore enough. Bitter orange on the arrival, opening into a great salty wave with honey and lemon, but only as flotsam and jetsam lost in the wake. The wave crests and releases a salvo of tiny salt crystals across the tongue. There is a slight tingle and drying sensation as the bitterness returns for an encore, intertwining with the salinity in a moonlit dance across the deck of a fishing boat returning home for supper.

$80 in Ontario for 700 ml... Decent but nothing mind blowing. Very sweet/salty nose. Honey, cinnamon, salted butter, brown sugar, slight mild cheddar. Palate: A bit dry, bitter sweet...Medium oak intensity in the nostrils. Medium finish...I get English breakfast tea, white raisin, dried apercot, and nutmeg. Decent, maybe a little more complex than your average so 3.5/5. Very tasty but a bit light for me, would have scored higher if it were a better value which I understand it is in other areas.

Prix 42,50 euros