Description
A 28 year old Convalmore whisky. Bottled at cask strength by Diageo under their Special Releases series. Distilled in 1977, it was then aged for 28 years, before being bottled on the 17th August 2005. A run of just 3900 bottles. This is bottle number 3301. The Convalmore Distillery was opened in 1893-1894 and closed and all equipment was dismantled and removed. The buildings were sold off 1985. The remaining buildings are currently used as warehouse’s.
Colour: Gold.
Nose:
Punchy and powerful, starting very malty and very sweet, on cooked strawberries, cake and buttered caramel, with whiffs of cinnamon and a nice, sweet and sour woodiness. It then gets more herbal, with notes of yellow Chartreuse, Darjeeling tea, American coffee and cocoa.
Taste:
A powerful attack, extremely sweet and quite woody, starting on fruit liqueurs (such as pineapple), Chinese rice spirit, with a ‘sweet-and-sourness’ that gives it something Oriental indeed. Rather tannic, getting a little drying after a while. With water now… (and while the nose gets even fruitier and quite farmy as well…) It’s much more civilized, harmoniously fruity (apricots, peaches and melons, even tropical fruits such as mangos and passion fruits), with notes of freshly crushed mint leaves.
Finish:
The finish is rather long, balanced and enjoyable with water, always very fruity, with a little icing sugar. A malt that needs water to get tamed – or it’ll take no prisoners!
