Braeval 14 Year Hepburn's Choice 50%abv

[Quaich1]

This one matured in first fill sherry cask, 368 bottles.

Murray's Taste Notes:

Color: Hay

Nose: Granny smith apples, dried apricots and sweetened rhubarb. Citronella accents sprout chestnut and crab apple essences. Late vanilla.

Taste: Fruit n's spice, honey dew melon segues into mild pepper, creamy with hint of merengue and tangerine and Mandarin oranges. Mocha chocolate erupts with buttermilk tenticles.

Finish: Long, citrus meld with bananas and sweetened plantains.

Comments: A fruity Speyside single malt with a spice halo.

Score: 88
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[James T]

Cheers for your note Murray. Not a distillery we hear much of and one that I have tasted very little of as almost all of the production is destined for the Chivas blends which as you know I am a big fan of. It really is rare to see this as a single malt, however given the booming popularity of single malts I wonder if Chivas have any plans to release an official distillery bottling as they reopened the distillery in 2008.

[Quaich1]

[Grant M]

Sounds like it was a good one Murray, I have only ever sampled Braeval at a tasting, as James says it would be see Chivas release an official distillery bottling of Braeval in the future.