Blair Atholl 1966 Cadenhead's Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Blair Atholl 1966 Cadenhead's

Added on Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Bottler:

Cadenhead

Age:	23 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	58.4	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	58.40 %	Region:	Highland
Price:	N/A	Availability:	Collectors Only

Distilled October 1966 Bottled September 1990 Dumpy Bottle

Member Ratings and Notes

Dave

Nose burns - add water! With water the nose is floral with some soft fruits in the mix. Apples. Palate is easy and weaker than expected/hoped without much complexity. Some wood resin and a mintiness than came through towards the end. Finish is numbing and a bit sweet/sugary. Almost made the B but the lack of complexity kept it from making it a notch higher.

Andy

Grassy, rotten pear

Chris

N: A strange herbal sherry.
P: Surprising for it's lack of sweetness relative to the nose, a very dry orange extract with some tea notes.
F: Gets more herbal and leafy.
Good.

Adam

Nose is lightly fruity, with a tinge of solvent, nice though plain. Palate is pleasant with a strong kick of nondescript cask strength spice. But is just such a plain whisky that there's not much to say.

As I've noted elsewhere, these 1989-1990 Cadenhead's bottlings seem to be typical of a "house style" that's full of ehhh-y cask-strength ehhh-ness.

Pass.

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