Auchentoshan 1965 31 Year Old Bottled 1990s

Auchentoshan 1988 Bordeaux Wine Finish

Another Toshan today, this time a very limited, and very unique one. This bottling was released in 2008 , as a duty free only edition (or distillery shop exclusive) , with an outrun of 1800 bottles only.Calling it a wine finish is really not so accurate, as it spent 8 years in ex-bourbon casks, and another 12 years!!! in Saint-Julien Bordeaux...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan 15 Year Old 1981 Signatory

It took a bit of research to find out that Signatory Vintage bottled this Auchentoshan 1981 only in miniature bottles. Strange choice, no? Anyway, this Auchentoshan was distilled on 19th March 1981 (I was only 11 at the time and did not even own my first moped yet) and bottled 15 years later on 24th July 1996 (my firstborn daughter was only 9...

Score 83/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old

Enjoyed this with some new friends at a little bookstore and bar. Cozy place. Nose: Vibrant flowers, honey and citrus. Palate: One word, honeysuckle. If you were fortunate enough as a kid to find some wild honeysuckle and you knew how to get the dew out and drink it, then your childhood was at least a partial success. And that's basically all I...

Score 80/100

Auchentoshan 15 Year Old 1999 The Ultimate

We will stay with The Ultimate for a while, because through my buddy Marcel from the Netherlands I was able to get a sample of a sister cask, namely bourbon barrel #800257 that was put to sleep in 1999 and bottled after 15 years, although cut to 46%. The nose is bursting with lime juice and grass. Wet, green grass to be exact. Like a football...

Score 83/100