Bottle Details
SMWS Code
113.71
Distillery
Braes of Glenlivet (Braeval Distillery)
ABV
62.1%
Age
11 Years
Cask
2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel
Vintage
2011
Region
Speyside
Flavor Profile
Spicy & Dry
Category
Scotch
The whisky presents a bittersweet character reminiscent of tarte tatin, apricot danish, and upside-down pineapple cake, complemented by camphor, menthol balm, white pepper, liquorice, gorse, and rose notes. With water, the nose develops popping candy and watermelon sweets, with additional notes of lemon in a wooden fruit bowl and hothouse orchids.
Quite tart initially, the palate exhibits wood, tropical fruit skins, sour apple sweets, and chilli jam. With water, it reveals a more rounded character combining toffee and buttered toast with liquorice, pear drops, aniseed, treacle boiled sweets, and humbugs, alongside juicy melon dusted with powdered ginger.
The finish is drying, with prominent notes of paprika, cardamom, and clove that linger on the palate.
The nose had a bittersweet character, like tarte tatin, apricot danish and upside down pineapple cake; plus hints of camphor and menthol balm, white pepper, liquorice, gorse bushes and roses. Quite tart on the palate, it reverberated with wood, tropical fruit skins, sour apple sweets and chilli jam before a drying finish of paprika, cardamom and clove. The nose, with water, developed popping candy and watermelon sweets, lemons in a wooden fruit bowl and orchids in a hothouse. The palate now combined toffee and buttered toast with liquorice, pear drop, aniseed and treacle boiled sweets, plus humbugs – and juicy melon with a dusting of powdered ginger.