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SMWS 35.89 Spell-Binding and Breath-Taking. 17 year old Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottling from Glen Moray distillery. Speyside, Scotland. ABV: 59.7%. Tasted at home, 100mL tasting bottle as part of SMWS new members’ welcome pack.
Colour: Dull straw colour.
Nose: Sweet grassy notes, maybe a touch of banana.
Palate: Salted toffee, dried banana crisps. Oily mouthfeel.
Finish: Some sweet apple and toffee flavours in the fade, but not a sickly sweet toffee apple – it’s more subtle than that. Medium length finish.
Comments: A little underwhelming compared to the other SMWS releases I’ve tasted. I’m not getting the big fruit flavours the SMWS tasting committee listed on the label. It’s quite a focused, intense flavour profile, but not as complex as I like. Overall, ok but after tasting this 100mL sample bottle it’s certainly not a SMWS bottling that I would go out of my way to purchase.