Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Type
Single Malt

Bottler
Distillery Bottling

Distillery
Daftmill

Bottling Series
Summer Batch Release

Vintage
2006

Stated Age
12 years-old

Bottled
2018

Outturn
1,665

Cask Number
unknown

Strength
46.0% abv

Cask Type
1st Fill Bourbon Cask

Cask Strength
no

Colouring
no

Single Cask
no

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Butter

Butterscotch

Cream

Honey

Lemon

Marzipan

Milk Chocolate

Mint

Oak

Oil

Orange

Sunflower Seeds

Toffee

Vanilla

White Pepper

Tasting Notes

Nose

Initially very fruity with lots of lemon, honey and melted butter. Fresh cream, butterscotch, hints of orange oil, marmalade and vanilla pod. Lots of sweet, summery notes. After sitting for a few minutes, an ever so slight minerally note appears - akin to St Magdalene.

Palate

lemon zest, honey and spice burst, with hints of fresh marzipan, fresh mint, tangy oranges and toffee. There's a great oaky note in there, balanced with some wood spice. The melted butter shows itself if you let the spirit rest on your tongue.

Finish

Medium to long finish, more spices and white pepper arriving, hints of toasted sunflower seed - more the shell rather than the seed. Moving to more honeyed vanilla with an ever so slight earthiness, finishing with a very subtle ground down Parma Violet note.

Overall

A great lowland whisky that's a must try in our books. It's superbly balanced, sweet and spicy with a lot of character. Daftmill's patience has undoubtedly paid off with this second release - we cannot wait to try their next offerings.

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