Review #283: Glentauchers 8 Exclusive Malts First Fill Sherry

Speyside - 8 - NCF - NCA - $70 - 57.9%

Glentauchers is Speyside distillery that is a blending workhorse for Ballentine's and Teacher's Highland Cream.  This particular dram was from a first fill sherry barrel.  Let's see how this tastes.  

Color - Brown Sherry

Nose - Figs, walnuts, chocolate, stewed apples, brown sugar, nuts, vanilla, chocolate mouse

Palate -  Figs, walnuts, malt, powdered hot chocolate, new wood, citrus
Finish - Medium - Quick sherried fruit quickly taken over by nuts, chocolate, baking spices, malt, citrus, a touch hot

Overall -  7 - Oh boy, look at that color.  The nose comes and delivers on this guy. Fruit, walnuts and chocolate, so rich and lovely.  If only the nose continued throughout the dram.  The palate and finish on this is fine.  Very sherried but a little rough around the edges.  I added water which gets rid of the heat and rough edges.  However, it also turns this into an easy drinking, but a little generic, sherry bomb.  Overall, a nice showing from a young malt.  If this was still on the shelf, I would pick up a bottle as QPR is great.   

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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 enjoyed it but 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 6.2

Standard Deviation 0.97

Skew 0.51

Kurtosis -0.28