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Product Description
We're celebrating the 2018 festive season with something brand new – our first ever Christmas malt release. We can't tell you which distillery this secret Speysider is from, but we can tell you that it's packed with festive sherry-cask flavour, from Christmas pudding and cake to nuts, orchard fruit, chocolate and sticky sweet candied peel. It's December 25th in a glass and the perfect dram to enjoy after a long Christmas day.
Style
Style
- Body4
- Richness5
- Smoke0
- Sweetness4
Character
Character
Product Facts
Product Facts
Bottler
The Whisky Exchange
Age
No of Bottles
1800
Country
Scotland
Region
Speyside
Cask Type
Sherry
Colouring
No
A Fine Christmas Malt 2018 17 Year Old
70cl / 58.7%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting note by Billy Abbott, The Whisky Exchange
Nose
As a great man once said: “It’s Christmaaas!” – that pretty much describes this. It starts with a Christmas stocking of flavour, with caramels and toffees at the top, a bag of chocolate raisins in the middle, and apples and oranges by the time you’ve dug down to the heel. That’s followed by dessert and digestifs: redcurrant jelly is cleared away ready for Christmas pudding and all the accoutrements. Rich and raisiny, with brandy butter and a dusting of cinnamon and nutmeg. There’s a glass of port for afters, with buttery mince pies and maybe a slice of left-over pud, cold and sticky. After all of that, there’s a hint of damp leaves and earth – did someone knock the Christmas tree over again?.
Palate
Thick, rounded and rich. Buttery spice and plump, sugary dried fruit kick things off, with a fruit bowl of apples and oranges as a nod to healthiness and balance. Christmas pudding settles down to be rich Christmas cake, with chewy fruit and nuts – prettily-arranged Dundee cake almonds, freshly cracked walnuts, dates and stewed plums. Someone’s slipped some Florentines onto the plate: glacé cherries, syrupy nuts and crisp chocolate. Savoury notes hide under the cake stand, with toasted oak, singed raisins and a touch of bitter char.
Finish
Sticky cherries and raisins burst across the palate, slowly fading to leave festive spice, and a hint of holly-wreath leafiness and Christmas-tree pine.
Comment
Christmas can come more than once a year – just have another sip.
Customer Reviews
(28 Reviews)
Bought this for my son to enjoy at Christmas. He thought it was exceptional. Here's hoping you will be bringing out another superb Christmas special this coming year.
Very nice and even at 58.7% there's so much flavour without having to mess about adding water. In my opinion it got even more complex and enjoyable after 2 weeks of being opened.
Beautiful cask strength scotch, would definitely recommend with ice or water to release the flavours. The tasting notes are spot on - this really is Christmas in a bottle.
Excellent whisky
Undiluted – especially to those unaccustomed to cask-strength whisky – this might easily come off as overly-spicy; almost prickly, and difficult to decipher. Add some water, though (be generous, it can handle plenty) and it becomes ripe, fruity, soft and accessible.