Teaninich is another low profile distillery from the Highlands, that produces quite a lot of whisky for blending. There are quite some bottlings available of this distillery, but most of them are from independend bottlers. Of course, there is a Flora & Fauna release.
Nose:
There is a little acidity at first, with some vanilla and the scent barley. Also some green leaves and hay. Quite fierce on the nostrils too.
Taste:
Very light, almost delicate, but with quite the alcohol kick to it. It quickly gains some weight as it becomes more creamy. The alcohol burn reminds me of Italian spirits like some grappa and Sambuca. There a bit of vanilla as well.
Finish:
This has a rather short finish and the more weighty flavours are gone pretty quickly after which the light alcoholic flavours remain.
Another dram that was not as great as I hoped it would be. It had some quality to it, as did some others of this Bottle-Share but in a few cases, I suspect the wood management has not been optimal.
Teaninich 27, Bladnoch Forum, 1-12-1982 – 4-8-2010, 50.7%, no longer available at Bladnoch but Master of Malt has it in stock.
Nose: 6
Taste: 4
Finish: 4
Overal experience: 4
Price/quality: 0
Total: 18 points
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Serge had een andere mening:
Teaninich 27 yo 1982/2010 (49.2%, Bladnoch Forum, hogshead #7697, 147 bottles) Five stars I had so little Teaninichs so far (23!) that claiming that one was ‘the best’ would be excessive. Well, I had one at 90+ but it was an old 1957 by Cadenhead’s… Colour: straw. Nose: oh, it’s one these malts that scream ‘old Highlands’! Oily, fat, mineral, roundly grassy (do you see what I mean?) and perfectly spicy (green curry), with also quite some wax and graphite oil. This fairly Clynelish-esque style really clicks with me. With water: we’re closer to the barley, in a perfect way. ‘Visiting a malting plant’. Also something earthy and leafy. Great. Mouth (neat): perfect attack, with peppers, wax, sweet mustard, lemon and just touches of gritty oak. It’s like a slightly gentler Clynelish indeed! Gets then a tad spicier, maybe a little greener, but it’s still beautiful whisky. Really my kind! With water: gosh this is to my liking. Beeswax, kumquats, marzipan, fresh almonds and more wax. Finish: maybe not as long as expected, with maybe the oak coming too much to the front now. Bitter walnuts. Comments: probably very ‘segmenting’ and not to everyone’s liking but for me it’s brilliant whisky, only the finish was a tad lower in my book, which makes that I couldn’t go over 90. It’s still a perfect 90, but does that matter? SGP:352 – 90 points.
O shit….wrong bottle…49,2% oeps.
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