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Ben Nevis McDonald's Traditional

Scotch Single Malt Highland
Age
No age statement
ABV
46%
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Chrysanthemum tea gold
Nose
Buttery smoked haddock, hint of chili, sherry and gentle wood smoke. Vegetal/mineral peat with citrus (orange, mandarin), red apples, peaches, pomegranates and strawberries
Palate
Full-bodied and spicy with hazelnuts and peat. Nice oiliness with black pepper, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. Citrus dominates (blood orange), with peach, apple and red fruits
Finish
Medium-long finish with stewed fruit and lingering spicy cigarette ash character

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Sherry casks
  • peated (Port Ellen malt ~35ppm)

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