Auchentoshan 19 Year Old 2003 SMWS 5.123 Barley Sweetness Hits Dry Oak

Auchentoshan 19 Year Old 2003 SMWS 5.123 Barley Sweetness Hits Dry Oak

1 of 187 bottles made

TASTING NOTES

Surrounded by polished furniture in a stately home, we identified vanilla tablet, dolly mixtures and cinnamon toast, along with considerable fruit (passion fruit, plum tart, redcurrants and apricot yoghurt). The palate had barley-derived sweetness (spun sugar, dark toffee, muscovado, vanilla and coconut macaroon bars), but everyone noticed the dry oaky spiciness that tingled and warmed our mouths with nutmeg, black pepper, chilli, toasted cumin, ginger snaps and sugary espresso dregs. Water brought hot cross buns and caramelised almonds to the nose, along with floral and grassy notes, and old library dustiness. The palate discovered bakewell tart, liquorice, yeast extract, sandalwood and salty driftwood.

• ABV 58.0%
• AGE 19 years
• DISTILLED DATE 27/1/2003
• CASK TYPE 1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
• REGION Lowlands

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004.

In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!

58% ABV

70cl