Issue 161 | Whisky Magazine 69Bottle price guide: = £11-25 (US$17-40) == £26-70 (US$40-110) === £71-120 (US$110-190) ==== £121-180 (US$190-280) ===== £181 plus (US$280 plus)Magnificent, a rip-roaring
whisky giving great pleasure
Rob AllansonThe Macallan
Quest Collection Quest
THE EDRINGTON GROUPABV: 40.0%
Style: Single Malt
Region: Highland
Price per bottle: =====
Bottling: Distillery
Availability: Travel RetailRob9.5 8.5
Lyndsey
Nose: Toffee caramel
bars, then sherbet and
very faint liquorice. Wax
jackets and warm tweed
blankets. Sweetness
with sugar coated
almonds, honey roast
cashew nuts. A little
Playdoh edge. Cigarette
papers and recently
snuffed candles.
Palate: Green tea
with honey, cough
syrup and rose Turkish
Delight coated in milk
chocolate. Cheese
scones with salted
butter. Damson jam.
Finish: Long. Hints
of raspberry and
strawberry compote.
Comments: Magnificent,
a rip-roaring whisky
giving great pleasure.Nose: Calpol. In fact,
I actually googled
what Calpol smells
like because it’s
such a distinctive
aroma. There’s ripe
mango flesh, Love
Heart sweets, dried
cranberries and Dundee
cake too.
Palate: Pineapple rings
with oak smoked ham,
peach yoghurt, heather
honey and sultanas.
Torched grapefruit peel,
wholemeal pancakes
and ground cinnamon.
Finish: A long dry finish
with a strong nutty
influence from the oak.
Comments:
Straightforward and
uncomplicated with
tropical delightfulness.SCOTLANDMacNair’s Lum Reek
21 Years Old
THE GLENALLACHIE DISTILLERS COMPANYABV: 48.0%
Style: Blended Malt
Region: N/A
Price per bottle: =====
Bottling: Independent
Availability: WorldwideRob8.5 8.5
Lyndsey
Nose: Gentle at first, salt
laden flowers, sea pinks,
buttered samphire and
pan-fired scallops and
roes. BBQ wood smoked
prawns and ham hock.
Distant grass fires.
Butter with salt crystals.
Pomegranate ice cream.
Palate: Sweetness
at first, Gala melons
and air-dried ham.
Cherry jam and grilled
nectarines. Forest floor
notes, burning bracken
and pine needles.
Finish: Prickly and fruity,
a lot like a pineapple
roasted in woodchips.
Comments: Like eating
a hot buttered crumpet
and maple syrup next
to a campfire on
the beach.Nose: Butterscotch
angel delight, raspberry
jelly, fresh ginger and
crunchy peanut butter.
Salt and cider vinegar
crisps appear and
pine wood shavings
appear alongside
praline pecans.
Palate: A light
sweetness of
buttercream, key lime
pie, candy floss and
cherry sorbet. Sesame
oil and peppermint tea
enter with a sprinkling of
coffee grinds
Finish: A sweet tingling
sensation that turns into
an oily finish.
Comments: Candyfloss
melting in your mouth
while smoking a
herbal cigarette.SCOTLANDMacNair’s Lum Reek
12 Years Old
THE GLENALLACHIE DISTILLERS COMPANYABV: 46.0%
Style: Blended Malt
Region: N/A
Price per bottle: =====
Bottling: Independent
Availability: WorldwideRob8.4 8.6
Lyndsey
Nose: Very gentle with
sweetness and dying
wood embers, a little
light peat which builds
slowly in time. Smoked
herring in newspaper,
cedar soap bars and
wrappers. Coconut
suntan lotion.
Palate: That smoked
fish note comes through
lightly, a beech wood
smoke edge with
smoked sea salt and
white pepper spices.
Finish: Swift and drying,
but leaning on those
smoked notes and a
little saline cracker.
Comments: A very
gentle Islay example,
sedate and restive.Nose: Well this one’s all
peachy! Peach flesh, Irn
Bru bars, treacle toffees
and hot vanilla custard.
Then undertones of
black pudding drizzled
in maple syrup and
struck matches.
Palate: A soft kiwi skin,
cashew milk and clove
covered tangerines.
Burnt marshmallows,
marzipan, honeysuckle
and passionfruit coulis
drizzled rocky roads
underline the smoke.
Finish: Super light
in texture and well
balanced with tonnes of
overripe fruits.
Comments: Washing the
smoke out of your hair
with fruity shampoo.SCOTLAND066-071-Tastings-WM161.indd 69 27/06/2019 16:06