Blair Athol 12 Years
The Flora and Fauna is often seen as the standard bottling of a distillery. Nose: A bit sweet, some peat smoke Taste: Sweet and smoky. A warming body. Finish: Long with subtle sweetness
The Flora and Fauna is often seen as the standard bottling of a distillery. Nose: A bit sweet, some peat smoke Taste: Sweet and smoky. A warming body. Finish: Long with subtle sweetness
Details about this bottle | Edit |
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39 | |
Blair Athol | |
Scotland, Highlands | |
Single Malt Whisky | |
12 Years | |
43% | |
0.7 l | |
Diageo | |
Flora & Fauna | |
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Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Sweet:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Oak:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Dried Fruit:
Herb:
Caramel:
Honey:
Nuts:
Plum:
Zitrus:
Herbs:
Leather:
Cinnamon:
Heather:
Berries:
Apple:
Floral:
Chocolate:
Nutmeg:
Alcohol:
Cake:
Dark Chocolate:
Pear:
Clove:
Pineapple:
Peach:
Cherry:
Bonfire Smoke:
Coffee:
Orange:
Raisin:
Barley:
Pepper:
Green Apple:
Tobacco:
Blackberry:
Date:
Almonds:
Oil:
Fig:
Strawberry:
Tasting
Sweet:
Sherry:
Fruit:
Spices:
Oak:
Peat Smoke:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Herb:
Malt:
Honey:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:
Oil:
Vanilla:
Herbs:
Raisin:
Orange:
Dark Chocolate:
Heather:
Pepper:
Peach:
Berries:
Cinnamon:
Plum:
Leather:
Lemon:
Date:
Coffee:
Maritime Notes:
Apple:
Almonds:
Seaweed:
Bonfire Smoke:
Floral:
Wheat:
Banana:
Lemon Peel:
Blackberry:
Mint:
Nutmeg:
Grape:
Salt:
Pineapple:
Black Currant:
Barley:
Tobacco:
Clove:
Green Apple:
Fig:
Cherry:
Pear:
Hazelnut:
Ham:
Cake:
Finish
Sweet:
Oak:
Fruit:
Spices:
Sherry:
Peat Smoke:
Malt:
Herb:
Nuts:
Dark Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Honey:
Vanilla:
Herbs:
Pepper:
Oil:
Floral:
Coffee:
Dried Fruit:
Zitrus:
Nutmeg:
Pineapple:
Caramel:
Clove:
Hazelnut:
Ginger:
Heather:
Red Currant:
Lemon Peel:
Berries:
Lemon:
Orange:
Raisin:
Chili:
Alcohol:
Cinnamon:
Almonds:
Leather:
Pear:
Tobacco:
Date:
Strawberry:
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Quality rating of this bottle
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All tasting notes
![ChristianG](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/c/xcsm_placeholder_c76e323bc7.gif.pagespeed.ic.A3vOioVk5_.png)
![TheGreatMothra](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/8/c/xcsm_placeholder_c76e323bc7.gif.pagespeed.ic.A3vOioVk5_.png)
![Apfel Apfel](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/7/csm_Fruit_-_Red_Apple_31f55c33c2.png)
![Birne Birne](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/d/csm_Fruit_-_Pear_feff236b37.png)
![Zimt Zimt](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/0/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Cinammon_9413a6efed.png)
![Pfeffer Pfeffer](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/c/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Pepper_e4f81c79f6.png)
![Gewürze Gewürze](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/a/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Spices_453a4300b0.png)
Medium to intense. Fruity and sweet. Pear and red apple. Some underlying spice showing through, cinnamon and a light pepper note. There's something about it which reminds me of the smell of anasthetic gas (might just be a bit of excess alcohol)
Taste:
![Malz Malz](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/1/csm_GrainNuts_-_Malt_e79510bc20.png)
![Gewürze Gewürze](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/a/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Spices_453a4300b0.png)
![Dunkle Schokolade Dunkle Schokolade](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/4/csm_Sweet_-_Dark_Chocolate_f7e16840c2.png)
![Karamell Karamell](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/e/csm_Sweet_-_Caramel_cf101730fd.png)
![Früchte Früchte](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/0/csm_Fruit_b73e148852.png)
Sweet, more malt and savoury notes on the palate than the nose suggests. Quite a lot of wood spice. Dark caramel/dark chocolate notes. Sweet fruitiness.
Finish:
![Gewürze Gewürze](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/a/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Spices_453a4300b0.png)
![Zimt Zimt](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/0/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Cinammon_9413a6efed.png)
![Nelke Nelke](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/6/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Cloves_d5efa57948.png)
![Pfeffer Pfeffer](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/c/csm_DarkFlavors_-_Pepper_e4f81c79f6.png)
![Getrocknete Früchte Getrocknete Früchte](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/2/csm_Sweet_-_DriedFruit_45f3a3feb0.png)
Dried pineapple. Residual spiciness - clove, cinnamon, black pepper
Comment:
Initially when opening this bottle I wasn't a big fan. I actually think that being open for a few weeks has significantly improved it. The nose has a profile I might have expected from something like young Glenfiddich. However, by contrast, the palate and finish really show some gutsy intensity which you'd never get from that. There's bags and bags of spiciness which is well balanced by the still present fruit sweetness. Definitely one which has been winning me over during the time I've had it open.
86/100