WhiskyWitch
Old Pulteney 12 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
March 12, 2018 (edited August 15, 2018)
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.
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@deuce26 Thanks! The theme of this one (besides 'ocean') is balance; not too sweet, salty, or dry. If you take everything else that ISN'T in Highland Park's flavor profile (bourbon vs. sherry, citrus vs. tropical fruit, salt vs. peat), while keeping the same sort of balance, this would probably be the closest thing to that.
Nice review. I think this flavor profile is right up my alley. Now, if I could only find a bottle at my local retailers!