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Hazelburn 13 Year Oloroso Cask Matured
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed
May 2, 2021 (edited January 6, 2022)
Oh my god this is one good whisky. This review is actually for the 50.3%abv, 1 out of 9.900 bottles, a Hazelburn 2007, 13yo oloroso cask matured.
Hazelburn was once an individual distillery, located in Campbeltown which was the capital of scotch whisky in the past. Back in 1925 when it was mothballed, this distillery was one of the biggest of the 27 of the region. Nowadays there are only a handful number of distilleries in Campbeltown and one of them is Springbank, who owns Longrow and Hazelburn. The three "brands" are distilled at the same place.
Bottled at 50.3%abv, chesnut color.
On the nose; it is absolutely gorgeous. If you were blindfolded and you nose it, you would definitively think it is a 100% cacao Dark Chocolate. The note is so accurate and clean, it is unmistakeable. Cocoa; cocoa butter; vanilla, strawberries and oranges. It also gives you this aroma of a leather wallet, brownies and slight saltiness. It is all about dark chocolate in all of its forms.
The palate was delicious as well. Starts with chocolated bathed cherries, almonds, cocoa and dark chocolate. A second sip gave me Toblerone almond chocolate, tobacco and creamy vanilla.
Aftertaste was bitter and amazing. Sulphur, pepper, salt; dark bitter chocolate and tobacco leaf. Very buttery, strong and long finish.
Overall, this mantains my invented rule of "if the bottle is ugly, the whisky is got to be good, because it doesn't need marketing"; it was actually one of my favorite drams of this 2021 year, and i am sure it is going to be on my yearly top ten. Instant favorite, my score for it is a well deserved 100 over 100. Go buy it.
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@ctbeck11 yes that is true. i might buy another. the price is unbeatable
Great review. This one is excellent and probably priced lower than it really should be.