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Deanston 12 Year Old

Scotch Single Malt Highland
Age
12 years
ABV
46.3%
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
Light gold with warm amber tints; natural colour from 12 years in ex-bourbon casks, medium legs
Nose
Soft, sweet, and delicate. Cereals, grassy green fields, flowers, and orange sweetness. Vanilla, oak, and cinnamon. Honey, citrus zest, green apples, malted barley, and soft floral undertones. A classic sweet Highland nose
Palate
More spice than the nose suggests — dry oak, pepper, and nutmeg mixed with water biscuits, vanilla, toffee, and orange. Smooth and creamy with toffee, heather honey, sweet malt, subtle spice and a touch of oak. The baseline of what a sweeter Highland Scotch should be
Finish
Medium length ending in oak, pepper, and orange peel. A satisfying tingle of cloves. Clean and balanced with the malty sweetness fading through gentle spice

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Hand-selected ex-bourbon casks
  • unchillfiltered
  • natural colour

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