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4th October 2023 |
Review of the
new Meikle Tòir The Chinquapin One 5
Year Old, a young, smooth delicious peaty
dram with a unusual virgin Chinquapin
wood influence we rare see.
 Meikle
Tòir The Chinquapin One 5 Year Old is
one of four whiskies recently unveiled
by independent Scotch whisky distillery
The GlenAllachie under their new peated
Scotch single malt whisky brand Meikle
Tòir (pronounced mee-kuhl tor).
Mainland peat sourced from St. Fergus,
one mile inland, in the north-east
Highlands of Scotland is used to kiln
the barley in the production of The
Chinquapin. It is produced with a long,
160 hour, fermentation process and has a
35 PPM spirit phenol content.
Meikle Tòir The Chinquapin One is
initially aged in American oak
ex-Bourbon barrels before transferring
to superior Chinquapin virgin oak
barrels from the Northern Ozark region
of Missouri, USA, this combination of
barrels are said to deliver a flavour
profile of "smoked spices, roasted nuts,
campfire smoke, and crème brûlée."
Lindsay Cormie The GlenAllachie
Warehouse Manager commented on The
Chinquapin One saying: "The Chinquapin
cask itself has the aroma of old leather
and cigar smoke, which works wonderfully
well with the sweetness derived from the
Bourbon casks – the combination of both
casks complements our beautifully sweet
peat character."
You will find the current
Glenfiddich whisky range available from specialist online whisky
shops such as
The Whisky Exchange
and
Master of Malt
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Meikle Tòir The Chinquapin One 5 Year Old Review
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Bottled at 48% ABV, naturally
coloured and non-chill filtered.
William
Morrison's
Tasting Notes:
Nose: A
mix of gentle sugar sweet wood smoke and
heather honey with a delicious
contribution of ripe orange citrus and
caramel.
Taste: A mix of
peat infused sugared almonds, honey and
creamy toffee all with a lovely orange
citrus edge.
This is joined by a gentle mix of
cinnamon, ginger and pepper spicing
things up, some late liquorice joins the
party.
Finish: Longish,
creamy toffee,
sugary sweet peat, a little peppery, a little dark coffee,
liquorice and lingering and slightly drying gentle peat and
wood spice.
Comment:
A young, smooth delicious peaty dram
with a unusual
virgin Chinquapin wood influence
we rare see but thanks to Billy Walker
and his innovative team of whisky makers
here it is and it works well along side
the ex-bourbon barrels used to initially
mature the whisky.
SMW Whisky Score
87/100
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