Pulteney 1998 Cask Strength Gordon Macphail

Old Pulteney 12 Year Old

These notes were adapted from a mini-review I posted in the “Old Pulteney 12 Nose Question” thread, in which Connosr member @TpR asked if anyone else got strong notes of cheese throughout the nosing and tasting experience. Pardon me for employing a bit of self-plagiarizing here, but it was hard to resist chalking up another review with...

Score 87/100

Old Pulteney 17 Year Old

I have been a fan of Old Pulteney products since my very first sip of Old Pulteney 12 YO a few years ago. The reviewed bottle has been open for 9 months, is 70% full, and has been preserved with inert gas for 6 months of that time Nose: fragrant bouquet of wine, salt, malt, and flowers, with the wine and the malt being prominent and in near-equal...

Score 93/100

Old Pulteney 23 Year Old 1984 Bourbon Cask

The distillery Pulteney, which can be found in the grey harbour town of Wick in the high north of the Highlands at a proverbial stone’s throw from Orkney, released two special bottlings for the world travellers. A 23 Year Old matured on a bourbon cask and one on a sherry cask. Let us put them head to head. Let us start with the bourbon matured,...

Score 88/100

Old Pulteney WK217

Old Pultney is a bit of an odd distillery for me. I don't like the 12yo at all although I know a lot do. Personally I find it boring. The 17yo is amazing though - I don't know what happens in those 5 years but it seems supernatural. And as for the 21yo - Amazing! So here we have a limited and slightly obscure release from them...... The nose is...

Score 86/100