1977 Strathmill Speyside 27 Year Old

1977 Strathmill 27 year old, Speyside from the First Cask Series, distilled 01/12/1977, cask no. 4484, bottle no. 56

Colour: Gold.

Nose: Rather fragrant of cooked ham and notes (mostly cider apples and pears), beer, turnips and finally some extremely bold notes of hand rolling tobacco as well as a little milk chocolate. Mouth: A rather bold mouthfeel, compact and sweet, with again quite some tobacco and dried fruits. Quite some apple liqueur (Manzana and such), a little ginger, tannins but soft ones, grape skins, a little milk chocolate, herbal liqueur… Rather broad even if not exactly complex.

The finish is medium long, mostly on fruit cake and dried ginger… Another good surprise, the best Strathmill I ever had (OK, my favourite).