Review #180: Deanston 2008 Bordeaux Red Wine Cask Matured 9y 57.8%
Color - Burnt Amber
Nose - Winey - strawberry, red grapes, apple juice - no heat at all
Palate - Red fruit, cigar box, vanilla, malt - with water, cherry cola and the wood vanishes
Finish - - There's the heat, vanilla, concord grape, cola, wood - water mellows out the wood and brings out cherry cola
Overall - 6.5 - I am on the fence about this dram. This is like a daily dram red wine scotch. It is nice, easy drinking with the water. Without water it is too hot and woody. As I have more, it is growing on me. Deanston once again produces a relatively young whisky that has great flavor but is not complex. Highly drinkable.
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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.
10 Best in Show
9 Great Dram for Special Occasions
8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection
7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood
6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle
5 I would drink it happily if offered
4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks
3 Maybe some soda will make this potable
2 I'll Pass
1 Toilet cleaner
Inclusive Ratings
Overall 6.1
Standard Deviation 0.91
Skew 0.66
Kurtosis -0.16
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