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Michel Couvreur Overaged Malt 12 Year
Blended Malt — (distilled in Scotland), France
Reviewed
June 27, 2017 (edited February 1, 2020)
Nose - Heavy sherry influence, loads of dark dried stone fruits, almost brandy/cognac like dark grape sweet, caramel bread pudding.
Taste - Tiny hint of chocolaty toasted barley, spiced dark dried stone fruits, roasted nutty sweet, cinnamon spiced sweet white wine, hint of white peppercorn spice.
Finish - Lingering peppercorn spice, residual sweetness of white raisins hydrated in a spiced/mulled wine, light medicinal/herbal finish at the very very end.
Score - 86/100
Final Thoughts - So this is a fairly interesting dram that can be summarized as if you liquefied a bread pudding with lots of juicy raisins. It's tasty, a bit on the sweet side, but kind of a singular flavor profile. I'd say it's more like a dessert dram. I can see this standing up pretty well in a cocktail too, maybe a Rob Roy with chocolate bitters or something. Now if they only fixed how you open the bottle due to the stupid brittle wax & the need for a corkscrew...
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A corkscrew??! Like wine? Really strange