Auchroisk 10-year-old, Douglas Laing's Single Minded / 43%/ 0.7l
- Auchroisk is a modern and efficient Speyside distillery founded in 1972 by Justerini & Brooks to supply malt whisky for the company flagship, J&B Rare.
Product description
Auchroisk is a young and modern distillery in Speyside, built by Justerini & Brooks in 1972-74 to produce malt whisky for the J&B blend.
After several industry consolidations, Auchroisk ended up in Diageo's portfolio, and the lion's share of the 5.8 million liters of distillate it produces goes into the group's blends, mainly J&B and Johnnie Walker. The only widely available version of the single malt was the 10-year-old Flora & Fauna series. The Auchroisk 10-year-old presented here is a proposal from Douglas Laing & Co. in the popular Single Minded series. The whisky was aged in a refilled hogshead cask and bottled at 43% abv.
Nose : barley malt, vanilla, honey, brown sugar, buttered toast, orange and lemon peel, almond butter, notes of cinnamon and oak.
Palate : honeyed breakfast cereal, vanilla, milk chocolate, sugared almonds, orange jam, notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and oak.
Finish : medium long, malty, with notes of honey, milk chocolate, white pepper, a touch of citrus and oak.