icsteel154
The gentle sparkling beast from the east 94.10 (SMWS)
Single Malt — Highland, Scotland
Reviewed
April 12, 2024 (edited April 14, 2024)
Nose: Orange, summer berries, jam, cinnamon, caramel, honey and dry roasted nuts
Palate: Fresh jammy fruit, plums, cherries strawberry. Malty and a little fragrant - Earl Grey, oak, vanilla, maple syrup and Demerara sugar
Finish: Medium finish. Liquorice, leather and black tea. More of the plummy jam and roasted nuts. Creamy mouthfeel and very sherried.
Fettercairn Distillery
Distilled: 05-08-2007
Cask: 1st fill ex-Pedro Ximenes hogshead
1 of 263 bottles
I really like this dram. OB Fettercairn’s can be a very tasty, light dram, but they are often a little thin to my palate. This has all of the flavour of the PX Cask OB, but adding a layer of creamy, unctuous, caramel and thickening the berry jam. Lovely structure. Wisps of spice and a backbone of oak. A wee cracker!
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Nice review! Yes, Fettercairn can be a touch thin, even with good age, but it sounds like the distillate takes a PX finish well, and the SMWS has access to excellent casks. Cheers!