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5th March 2019 |
Review of the
Old Pulteney 10 Year Old travel retail
exclusive single malt whisky.
 Unveiled
back in October last year the Old
Pulteney 10 Year Old is one of three
travel retail exclusive whiskies from
the Pulteney distillery in Wick on the north
coast of Scotland
Matured for 10 years in second-fill
American oak, ex-bourbon barrels it has
been bottled at 40% ABV and I am pleased to
say that it is presented in a 1 litre bottle.
The Old Pulteney 10 Year Old is very attractively priced for a 1 litre bottle
with a RRP of £40.
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Behind the gentle enticing barley sugar
sweetness is some lovely spiced apple
and pear mingling with equal portions of
creamy vanilla toffee.
Taste:
Honey laced with gentle sugared spice,
pear and a touch of lemon citrus coats
the mouth, the vanilla toffee announced
by the nose joins the party.
Finish:
Deliciously longish, the vanilla toffee
fades first leaving some vibrant mildly
drying oak spice with a slight sea salty
edge.
Comment:
A wonderful, very enjoyable light style
Pulteney and a great example of a
second-fill American oak, ex-bourbon
barrel matured single malt whisky. It
demonstrates that the quality spirit
they produce at Pulteney doesn't need
the intense influence from first fill or
wine influenced casks to make it a good
whisky but I will add that even at 10
years old it has a feistiness about it.
At £40 for a 1 litre bottle this is an affordable,
everyday, high quality dramming whisky
and it is good to see the return of an
age statement in the Old Pulteney travel
retail line-up, one to watch for on your
travels that wont put much of a dent in
your pocket in comparison to what you
get for your money.
SMW Score
83/100
If you have no travel plans in the
near future you can still find the
Old Pulteney domestic
core range of whiskies
which was updated last year and some now
discontinued Old Pulteney favourites
such as the 17 year old available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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