Fettercairn 12 Years
This 12 year old Fettercairn is part of the award-winning new range of the distillery with the location in the picturesque valley of Fettercairn. Even the label of the bottle is special: the ring on the bottlenecks and the engravings on the bottle-shoulder are showing the exceptionality of the distillery. Until today the company carries the distinctive logo with the white unicorn.
This 12 year old Fettercairn is part of the award-winning new range of the distillery with the location in the picturesque valley of Fettercairn. Even the label of the bottle is special: the ring on the bottlenecks and the engravings on the bottle-shoulder are showing the exceptionality of the distillery. Until today the company carries the distinctive logo with the white unicorn.
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| 23080 | |
| Fettercairn | |
| Scotland, Highlands | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 12 Years | |
| 40% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
| Bourbonfässer | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Spices:
Pear:
Pear:
Herbs:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Pineapple:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Pineapple:
Zitrus:
Malt:
Tropical Fruit:
Tropical Fruit:
Oak:
Oak:
Malt:
Herb:
Apple:
Floral:
Apple:
Lemon:
Peach:
Heather:
Lemon:
Heather:
Floral:
Peach:
Herb:
Dark Chocolate:
Hay:
Tobacco:
Green Apple:
Lemon Peel:
Berries:
Mint:
Nutmeg:
Nuts:
Sherry:
Cake:
Honey:
Dried Fruit:
Orange:
Green Apple:
Tobacco:
Cake:
Anis:
Hay:
Mint:
Nutmeg:
Dark Chocolate:
Orange:
Berries:
Banana:
Dried Fruit:
Nuts:
Lemon Peel:
Coffee:
Coffee:
Banana:
Honey:
Tasting
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Spices:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Herb:
Spices:
Herb:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Coffee:
Coffee:
Oak:
Oak:
Malt:
Ginger:
Malt:
Ginger:
Honey:
Honey:
Pear:
Pear:
Lemon:
Lemon:
Clove:
Clove:
Orange:
Orange:
Caramel:
Herbs:
Tropical Fruit:
Tropical Fruit:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Pineapple:
Pineapple:
Oil:
Heather:
Pepper:
Heather:
Pepper:
Oil:
Floral:
Leather:
Dark Chocolate:
Apple:
Peach:
Leather:
Apple:
Peach:
Floral:
Dark Chocolate:
Grapefruit:
Melon:
Almonds:
Lime:
Chocolate:
Grapefruit:
Lemon Peel:
Grass:
Melon:
Grass:
Banana:
Strawberry:
Grape:
Banana:
Lemon Peel:
Almonds:
Grape:
Green Apple:
Lime:
Chocolate:
Green Apple:
Strawberry:
Finish
Oak:
Oak:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Herb:
Herb:
Fruit:
Spices:
Spices:
Fruit:
Caramel:
Coffee:
Coffee:
Caramel:
Leather:
Pear:
Leather:
Pear:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Vanilla:
Zitrus:
Dark Chocolate:
Herbs:
Malt:
Dark Chocolate:
Nuts:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
Oil:
Apple:
Floral:
Clove:
Apple:
Floral:
Oil:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Clove:
Heather:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Ginger:
Ginger:
Peat Smoke:
Heather:
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Quality rating of this bottle
65
54
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
Light, almost tight nose. Classic bourbon maturation notes, with some fruitiness and sweet pastry spices
Taste:
Sweet arrival, has that buttery vanilla bourbon character. Then it starts getting bitter, heading towards espresso flavours
Finish:
Medium and very dry. Lots of wood tannins and bitter spiciness. Not good.
Comment:
This is one of those malts which starts good and steadily goes downhill. The bitterness which dominates the latter half of the experience is totally disjointed compared to the nose and start of the flavours. If you hold it in your mouth for any significant length of time it becomes unpleasantly bitter. Not going back to this one.
74/100
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, little bit of narcissus 
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pieTaste: watery, soapy,
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Finish: somehow sparkly bitteres, long lasting bitterness, little bit soapy
Comment:
Taste:
Finish: Medium,
Comment:
