#ISLE OF JURA CONDENSERS FULL#

Forget Blue Label: Green and Gold remain the stars in the JW line up. The vivacious and intensely flavoured character of this vatting will keep you coming back time and again.

#ISLE OF JURA CONDENSERS FULL#

Full and well rounded in the mouth with nipping spices carrying the malty attack, along with flavours of salted crackers, restrained peat and an oily-yet-crisp finish with strong staying power. A sophisticated, expressive nose offers an assemblage of soft, sweet peat, oatmeal biscuit, dried mango / fig, white pepper with good freshness - sustained even after several minutes in the glass. Tasting note: Brassy gold / impeccable clarity. Undisputed as one of the all-time classics in its genre, Green label is instantly recognisable as a Walker blend, with a profile of fresh and slightly fruity aromas with hints of mango and toffee followed by the trademark whiff of peat & sea air that distinguishes most of the JW stable. They can choose from the cream of the crop, and have also acquired over a century of distilling experience in the process, guaranteeing the quality of their whisky well into the future. Now, with over 27 malt whisky producers in ownership, the company doesn't have to look too far for the very best material. The Walker family began buying some of Scotland's finest distilleries over 100 years ago. A first-rate blend with loads of character. Remains spicy, becoming dry - the aftertaste is a remarkable quality of this whisky - pulsing for a good 10-20 seconds and beyond. Concentrated and mouth filling by blended standards and quite spicy, the palate is pristinely clean offering rich sweet malt, followed by cocoa and some smokey, honeyed, biscuit flavours. The nose offers powerful sweet grainy scents, beautifully integrated with cocoa, charry vanillan oak and a very soft, gentlly wafting sweet peat adding depth. Tasting note: Impressive, bright deep, gold colour. The unmistakable Ballantine's flavour is dependent on these 50 single malts, 4 single grains and in particular the fingerprint malts from Miltonduff and Glenburgie.

The original flavour, complexity and refinement comes from more than 50 single malt flavours. The Malt and Grain whiskies used to produce Ballantine’s Finest are all aged for more than three years.

Although this latest bottling seems sweeter than previous batches, it's still one of the picks of current blends if you’re looking for a lighter style at an entry level price point. Super soft throughout, as grains and cocoa feature on the light to medium bodied palate, drying towards the finish which is clean, a little flabby and very gently warming. Attractive scents of breakfast cereals, husk and caramel. The Ballantines range also includes: Ballantine's Gold Seal, a smooth and complex 12 years old whisky Ballantine's 17 year old, a super premium brand with a deep complex flavour which is regarded as THE Scotch whisky by consumers in the Far East and Ballantine's 30 year old, a rare and exclusive blend of Scotland's finest malts.

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