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3rd September 2013 |
The Singleton of Dufftown 28 Year Old
 A
28 year old bottling of The Singleton of Dufftown
which is the first limited cask strength
edition of The Singleton in the Special
Release series. From Refill American Oak casks
filled in 1985. Limited to 3,816
bottles and bottled at a cask strength
of 52.3% ABV. RRP £235.
The Singleton of Dufftown 28 Year Old
1985 Tasting Notes
Producer's Tasting Notes:
Appearance:
Deep antique gold. Good beading.
Nose:
Grand and mild; compact yet detailed,
with ripe apple and pear fruit or
perhaps beeswax and heather pollen, and
scents of moorland herbs. Quite
autumnal, with faint smoke and a savoury
cereal note, and like an old dusty
library carrying scents of wax and worn
leather. Later, orange oil underscores
the complex floral notes. In time some
vanilla develops, becoming intense
buttercream. Water lightens it
considerably and brings out the malty,
cereal character (like being in a grain
loft), with leafy strawberries, more
waxiness and the merest trace of smoke.
Body:
Oily, dense.
Palate:
At natural strength, this malt has a
big, oily feel; sweet and reminiscent of
a wholewheat breakfast cereal coated
with honey. The initial effect is
warming, with an instantly appetising
astringency. Below this lie minty and
faintly smoky notes and rich chewy
liquorice with a digestive biscuit
sweetness. It’s all sweeter and less
oily with water; losing that piercing
aromatic dryness and with the cereal
note dimmed, it’s altogether gentler and
more approachable.
Finish:
Invigorating, warming and gloriously
astringent at the end, with notes of
pine and cedar to leave the palate
tingling over a lingering last wisp of
smoke.
Summary:
Summary: A wonderfully appetising, full
flavoured and mature malt, made subtle
by long ageing, yet retaining its
malty/nutty distillery character.
Beautifully structured and paced, it is
at once fresh and alive on the palate,
yet also evocative of the past; complex
and exciting, intricate and intriguing.
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