Scott_E
Kingsbarns Dream to Dram
Single Malt — Lowlands, Scotland
Reviewed
May 30, 2020 (edited December 10, 2020)
This was provide by the one and only @LeeEvolved some time long ago from a tasting group now far, far away. A slow taster, I am. At best, tasting once a week and only drink on weekends (Friday through Sunday). Well, tonight turns out to be a tasting night...
A warm lemon vanilla aroma greets you. Add to it ripened orchard fruits of pears and Gala apples. Now sprinkle that with toasted coconut, dried pineapples, some slices of green bananas and almond shavings. As it sits and opens, fruity red wine becomes apparent.
It arrives on the palate bright, clean and brisk. The flavors are faint but detectable. Ginger root, vanilla extract, lemon juice. That acidic side is countered by sweetness of apples, malt chocolate and waxed honey.
The finish is medium long that is slightly woody, slightly spicy and slightly dry. Vanilla and lemon oil finishes the flavors on the palate.
A decent pour that is still maturing. A pleasant nose but the palate is wanting to be more complex and deeper. A few more years of maturation and this will be all that and more. Looking forward to that day. [85/100][Tasted: 5/29/20]
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