Auchentoshan 1984 20 Year Old First Cask #255

Auchentoshan SMWS 5.29 – ‘Freesias crushed by an escaping car’–Auchentoshan 11 yo

Nose: at over 60% abv this one is quite sharp with alcohol, then it begins with some Vegetal notes as well as flower petals and coconut. On 2nd sniff we get some vanilla and citrus on the edge. A bit of white chocolate is also evident after a few minutes of rest in the glass. a pleasant nose, but a bit weird. Palate: The palate was too harsh and...

Score 74/100

Auchentoshan Three Wood

This is a fine looking malt in the bottle, well packaged with a deep dark amber colour to the whisky, very inviting. I have long enjoyed the simpler bottlings from this distillery at 10 and 12 years of age, but I’m not a fan of this variety. Not sure which forest the three woods came from, or how they’ve affected the spirit in this way, but the...

Score 78/100

Auchentoshan 32 Year Old 1979 Limited Edition

In November 2012 I visited Spirits in the Sky in Leuven (Belgium), where my friend and Brand Ambassador Gordon Dundas presented this release during the Auchentoshan Masterclass. It is a grand Toshan, matured solely on first fill oloroso sherry casks. The colour leaves no doubt. Gordon poured from bottle 4/1000 and bottle 5/1000 is part of my...

Score 93/100

Auchentoshan 10 Year Old 2001 The Ultimate

The Ultimate is the brainchild of Han and Maurice van Wees from the Netherlands. They started selecting casks in 1994. The already bottled three sistercasks from Auchentoshan, all of them bourbon barrels : 800041, bottled in March 2011 (and in my Toshan collection), 800043, bottled in September 2011 and 800048, bottled in January 2012. I will try...

Score 82/100