The Glenturret 12 Year Old 2023 Release

The quissential autumn dram. Brilliant with notes of raisins, ginger, cinnamon, apple pie, honey, bananas, and hints of smoke. Nose: Apple Pie, Raisins, Cinnamon, Acacia Honey, Bananas, Smoke, Vanilla, Strawberries, Coconuts, Bubble Gum, Walnuts, Banana Bread, Ginger Root Palate: Raisins, Nutella, Cinnamon, Strawberries, Toasted Honey, Granny Smith Apples, Sultanas, Hazlenuts, Ginger, Quince Pears Finish: Honey, Blood Oranges, Walnuts, Almonds, Strawberries, Dark Chocolate, Banana Bread, Cotton Candy, Vanilla

Nose: Salty, fudge, wax paper. Palate: Ginger spice and heat, cinnamon. Dusty oak. Sultanas. Finish: Oak spice replaces the ginger. Burnt caramel. Aftertaste of sweeter dried fruit. A few drops of water brought a nutty quality through onto the nose and softens the heat on the palate without compromising the flavour. It also brings forward the dried fruit. I prefer it with a touch of water.