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Duthies Tobermory 17 Year Old Single Malt. Isle of Mull, Scotland. ABV: 46%. Tasted at Whisky & Alement (Melbourne).
Colour: Dark amber.
Nose: Muscatels, dark chocolate.
Palate: A dry toffee, xmas pudding. Almost a bit dusty.
Finish: Subtle pepper, drying sweetness, medium length.
Comments: A great drop, much more layered than the only other Duthie’s release I’d tried previously, the Duthie’s Glen Scotia 17.
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Duthies Glen Scotia 17 Year Old Single Malt. Campbeltown, Scotland. ABV: 46.00%. Tasted at Aria restaurant (Sydney), $18.
Colour: Light bright yellow gold. Snide remarks from some of my dinner companions about it looking like “urine after you’ve had a lot of apple juice”. Surely the 6 course degustation with matched wines we’ve just enjoyed couldn’t have anything to do with them being so free to offer such smart-arse remarks…
Nose: Light, almost floral sweet honey notes.
Palate: Sweet pepper flavours. Light heat.
Finish: Bit of peat, but not much smoke. Medium length.
Comments: I was a little disappointed in this one to be honest. I’ve been really getting into a lot of whisky released by independent bottlers recently, but this one didn’t really do it for me. It’s not a bad whisky, it’s just not as special as I was hoping it might be.