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Croftengea 15 years 2006 - 2021 #342 The Whisky Trail - Silhouettes
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Croftengea 15 years 2006 - 2021 #342 The Whisky Trail - Silhouettes
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Bottler | Elixir Distillers |
Distillery / brand | Loch Lomond |
Range | The Whisky Trail - Silhouettes |
Country | Scotland |
Region | Highlands |
Content Size | 0.7 liter |
Alc/vol | 53.2% |
Age | 15 years |
Distilled | 21-03-2006 |
Bottled | 13-05-2021 |
Cask number | 342 |
Cask type | Hogshead |
Tasting notes Angus MacRaild : 86 points (Whiskyfun.com)
A sibling cask, should be same ballpark…
Colour: pale gold.
Nose: yup, same juice. Perhaps just a wee bit narrower, more towards coastal and saline aspects. Some dried seaweed, soy sauce and hessian. Maybe not as 'in yer face' as 341. With water: a little drier, sootier, on carbolic acidity, fermenting wash and sheep wool - yes a bit more farmy I suppose.
Mouth: once again, same ballpark profile, but here it's a little less distinctive, more juicy, syrupy peat smoke, more tar, iodine and camphor stylings. It misses some of these fruitier components that made its sibling more complex I would say. With water: sits nicely between salty and umami qualities. Makes you think of many Asian influences such as nori, pickled ginger and fish sauce, which I'm a sucker for in whisky.
Finish: quite long with a deep smokiness now, warm kiln air, a wee meaty bacon note and back to medicines and iodine.
Comments: another great one, but I just preferred the extra dimensionality (what?) of its sibling.