Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

As I'm sure anyone reading this will know this was discontinued last year and I gambled, due to its reputation and my experiences with the 12, and snagged a couple of bottles. I'm always cautious when reviewing a popular malt as it's easy to get swept up in the hype and lose some of our objectivity. Mind you, all reviews are rather subjective so...

Score 90/100

Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

I sampled the 21 year old OB and an independent 12 year old bottling last year, both of which I liked very much in their own way, so decided to fork out for this OP17 that I found recently for a good deal. Bottle has been open for a week now, and have had three drams since. Nose: all the briny, waxy loveliness generally associated with those...

Score 84/100

Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

Wrote a review of Old Pulteney 12 yo about eight months ago and tonight realized I’d never done a formal review of OP 17. (Formal? I write most reviews late at night while in my robe and slippers, with my dog snoozing by my chair. That’s as formal as it gets around here.) This bottle was half of a two-pack of OP 12 and 17, each of the 375ml size....

Score 88/100

Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

First vapor: Fruit sherbets (pina-colada or maraschino-cherry) and sophisticating lemon & almond bitters. Nose: Soft lemon cream, with sea-salted Brazil nuts and banana. This is supported by malty cereal and perhaps black pepper. The nose is quite muted at first, but a little time empowers the banana/cereal. (The banana hints at vanilla and...

Score 87/100