Milton-Duff Glenlivet 5 y

Milton-Duff Glenlivet 5 y

Milton-Duff Glenlivet 5 yo (40%, OB, Italy, 1970's) Bottled by George Ballantine & son (Rings a bell)… Colour: straw. Nose: much less extravagantly fruity, much more on grains and porridge, but also with a little smoke, ashes, toasted bread… Nice freshness I must say but little happening here. Maybe faint hints of ham? Mouth: good news, it’s much, much better on the palate. Much less shy although maybe a little more sugary than fruity, but with nice notes of orange sweets, tinned pineapples, simple ‘hotel’ honey (unidentified provenance and flowers but does not run – welcome to the modern world), a little praline, peanut butter…

More and more oomph actually, it’s not the same whisky as on the nose at all. Also big malty notes. Finish: unexpectedly long, sugary, malty, honeyed and ‘good’. 79 points (for the palate, obviously).

Review by: http://www.whiskyfun.com

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