| #383 Murray McDavid Auchroisk 15 YO 1992 Single Malt Scotch (Speyside) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This cost is what I found the likely shelf price for a 750ml bottle to be, based on an average of costs throughout the USA. Your price may differ significantly. This is not an advertisement of sale, this bottle is likely empty by now anyway Cost | $9500 |  | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bottler | Murray McDavid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The whisky's score as weighed against the cost of a bottle. Adj. Score | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ABV | 43% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tasting # 415: An anniversary gift of another type (18-JAN-2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | While my wife generally gives me whisky on our anniversary, this comes from my job. For my ten year anniversary they offered me about a hundred bucks worth of gifts, so I put it all on a nice Murray McDavid. I chose this one because I'd never had anything from Auchroisk and because the store offered to let me taste it first. Money well spent, given that it was essentially free. As for Auchroisk, it's one of the youngest distilleries in Scotland and is pretty tough to find anywhere outside an indie bottler. This used to be the Singleton expression now taken over by Glendullan, so it had some prior exposure, but currently this is nigh impossible to find. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Impression | It's a typical Murray McDavid bottle, the newer ones have more Bruichladdich blue. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smell | Clean and fruity: lots of cranberries, rolled oats and heavy cream. Barely a touch of prickle and no note of citrus or wood. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taste | Smooth and silky opening, more cranberries and just a touch of bourbon char flavors past that. The build is fast and you get some of that syrah finish in the form of strawberries and spiced apples over the first bit of oak at the peak. Really interesting layers and its only here that you get even a faint bit of prickle. The fade brings the oak forward and all the fruit settles down and it dries out considerably in the finish. Well built, wonderful flavors and a bit of fun to play with. Very high 80s. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tasting Score | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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