Benrinnes 14 Year Old MoM – 57.80%.

Rich gold colour.

Slightly woody nose, over ripe bananas, grapes and currents with plenty of natural brown demerara sugar; a general Speyside background note. Some vitality there for sure. Fairly thick and strong on the palate, a touch of water possibly needed. Slightly unusual taste, certainly something new to me. The over ripe bananas on the nose have turned into bananas on the palate that are almost rotten or at least heavily sun dried, although not yet actually quite dry.
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Glenturret 34yo/1977 – MoM – 47.9%. Gold colour, fantastic nose, elegant not overly woody. On the palate fairly thick, a nice consistency that covers the whole mouth wonderfully, gently woody, fruity and spicy with the old age coming through wonderfully with a warming finish that goes on and on with all sorts of complex sweet notes. What a shame this is all sold out! So, so moreish, you just keep going back for more, and at a perfect drinking strength at NCS it goes down wonderfully easily. Whiffs of smoke at the back of the finish. 92+.

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