Rosencrantz
Speyburn 15 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
February 4, 2020 (edited December 4, 2022)
The smell is enveloped by a strong sherried personality, with a lot of cinnamon, cloves, lemon, ripe banana, honey, vanilla. Turf in the background, with a slightly shameless alcoholic tip. Simple and all in all anonymous.
And alcohol remains cheeky even on the palate, boasting from the bottom of its 46%, with the amplified herbaceous profile that accompanies the nose impressions. Ripe fruit and vanilla, apples cooked with cinnamon, honey, a pinch of citrus and an impression of chocolate. In the end, it is the cinnamon that dominates the aromas, lashed by the invasiveness of alcohol, making everything rather monotonous.
Fairly short finish, of (strangely!) cinnamon, alcohol, caramel, lemon.
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