Speyside 1966 43 Year Old Sherry Cask The Whisky Show

  • Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Douglas Laing

70cl / 48.2%

Speyside 1966 / 43 Year Old / Sherry Cask / The Whisky Show

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Another cracker from one of Speyside's greatest distilleries, this time a 1966 single cask bottled at 43 years by Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series especially for The Whisky Show 2009.

Tasting Notes (2)
Facts

Facts

  • Bottler Icon

    Bottler

    Douglas Laing

  • Series Icon

    Series

    Old Malt Cask

  • Age Icon

    Age

    43 Year Old

  • Vintage Icon

    Vintage

    1966

  • Bottling Date Icon

    Bottling Date

    Oct 2009

  • No of Bottles Icon

    No of Bottles

    197

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

  • Region Icon

    Region

    Speyside

  • Cask Type Icon

    Cask Type

    Sherry

  • Cask Number Icon

    Cask Number

    5525

  • Chill Filtered Icon

    Chill Filtered

    No

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    No

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Tasting Notes by WhiskyNotes' Ruben

    • Nose

      Full blown sherry, with lovely notes of tobacco and cocoa. Chocolate. Quite dry with a nice savoury / herbal touch (parsley and mint). Balsamic syrup. Excellent. Water adds some raspberry liqueur. Mouth: the usual raisins, chocolate and orange liqueur. Drying towards the finish (hints of dark tea), with some liquorice. Mint again. Finish: very long, spicy and really dry.

    • Score

      91/100.

    • Comment

      It’s safe to say these Speyside’s Finest bottlings are all very good, and some are quite excellent. Around € 145 and still available from TWE.

  • Tasting notes by Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)

    • Nose

      We’re almost exactly in the style of the Glen Avon 35yo now, only with a little more mint and eucalyptus as well as various spices. Maybe a little cumin. Globally just a tiny-wee less expressive, though, but great nose anyway. A little Armagnac-ish, pleasantly so.

    • Mouth

      Once again, more or less the same whisky as the Glen Avon with a little more oomph. Maybe a tad more both citrusy and mentholated, with more liquorice too.

    • Finish

      Very long, warming. Same raisins and dried fruits as in the GA plus quite some chocolate.

    • Comments

      Power to the old sherry monsters – and yet again the same rating, these bottlings are pretty ‘unsettlable’. SGP:451 - 92 points.

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Customer Reviews

Reviews (1)

Reviews

  • Wulls.,

    Not a patch on the '66 41 YO released a few years ago.......That one was still "in balance", this one has suffered a little with some distinct "taniny" notes on the finish. It seems to be thinner on the nose but otherwise it is a really cracking dram.

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