Chivas Regal 12 year old 1970’s Bottling 13 fl oz Whisky Sotland

Colour: Full Gold.

Nose: Elegant smokiness, notes of roasted chestnuts, vanilla pods, old orange liqueur, then a grassier phase (straight grass but also ‘dry salad’ -rocket and so on- or raw asparagus) and finally all things leathery and ‘globally phenolic’.

Mouth: Very creamy, round, polished, fruity (strawberry cake, quinces), with a lot of vanilla (custard, cake, crème) and oranges in all their states. There’s roasted nuts, dark praline and toffee, heavy liquorice and so on. I think this is very good.

Finish: Very Long