Whisky review: Glenglassaugh Torfa, bottled@50%

Whisky review: Glenglassaugh Torfa, bottled@50%

-Glenglassaugh revival !
-Heavily peated !

Colour: Bright gold, light, light bodied

Nose: Wet peat, sweet peat, medicinal, white ashes, deeper peat, black marker, touches of fruits and more peat !

Mouth: Highland peat, yet very decent, spicy peat, more spices, long and lingering, fruits, more like pear covered in ashes, a bit cigarettish, yet very nicely made. 

Finish: peat, white ashes, lingering peaty finish.

A for the taste. Young is a quality here and bravo for the Highland peat.
B+ for the price. 80$(SAQ) remains high, yet I am sure we will see more and more of it at a better price.
A- for the presentation, Clean and Classy.

Whisky review: Isle of Jura Duriach's Own 16 years old, bottled@ 43%

Whisky review: Isle of Jura Duriach's Own 16 years old, bottled@ 43%

-Another Jura !

Colour: dark gold, hints of red notes, light bodied.

Nose: salted fruits, caramel, very fresh, very clean, hints of chocolate, very well made.

Mouth: light mineral notes, hints of smoke here and there, bit of spices, yet nothing comes out....misleading nose indeed.

Finish: light caramel, sweets, spices.

C- for the price. 90$ (SAQ) ? yeah, no. I'll take the Prophecy instead.
A Nice bottling as usual.
B- Taste wise, not very interesting, no wow. Just plain Jura.

Whisky review: Tobermory 15 years old, bottled@ 46.3%

Whisky review: Tobermory 15 years old, bottled@ 46.3%

-I use to enjoy the 10 as well as the more peated expression of Mull.

Colour: deep gold, hints of red notes, medium bodied, lightly oil.

Nose: oily, creamy, deep caramel, hints of light fruits, mineral notes.

Mouth: very spicy, caramel, salted notes, oily, yet falls short of the 10 years old dramatically. A bit sad in fact.

Finish: spices, creamy notes, .....flat.

D for the price. 165$ (SAQ) no way, simply no way.
C for the taste. Sad. Get the 10.
B ok for the presentation I guess. 

Whisky review: Glenglassaugh Evolution, bottled @50%

Whisky review: Glenglassaugh Evolution, bottled @50%

-Revival of Glenglassaugh
-Ex-Tennessee Bourbon cask 

Colour: bright gold, light, nice medium body, very clear.

Nose: very creamy, waxy, honey, vanilla, wood sap, green, sweet fresh, more vanilla, touches of light spices, floral notes.

Mouth: very sweet, spicy, green apples, honey, lots of vanilla, floral, a tad rough yet not unpleasant. Very interesting indeed.

Finish: wood sap, some bitter notes, green.

B for the price. 89$ (SAQ) for a NAS which tastes pretty young...
B for the taste. Good indeed, yet I wouldn't go out of my way to taste nor buy.
A- Clean presentation and very classy.