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Description: Rounded,
delicious and elegant - a fine apéritif malt,
which strikes an appealing balance between silky,
oily smoothness and flightier, more aromatic characteristics.
Appearance: Rich
amber, polished bronze. Very slight beading.
Nose: Slow to rise.
At first, a forest floor in autumn: damp air, earthy
and wet. Above this, sweeter notes, soon developing
into a compote of fresh autumn fruits; ripe berries,
with some red apple. Later, very distant smoke and
hints of antiseptic. Later still, a surprising and
sparky orange zest. Overall, quite light and well
structured. Water makes things softer and more elegant,
bringing forth gentle orange fruit gums over hints
of creamy caramel.
Body: Light, yet
also lightly oily and tongue-coating.
Palate: Very hot,
powerful and urgent at full strength. Immediate
orange oil, then a developing complexity. Toasted
cereal notes, tarte au chocolat scented with orange
and a little ginger, the bite of a fruit compote.
At once light and drying, yet deliciously oily with
a particularly well balanced acidity. Very late
and subtle cocoa with hints of cigar box cedar.
Water cools things down; it’s all lighter,
cooling and minty now, with some boiled fruit-sweets.
Finish: Long and
persistent. Although hot and drying, remains smooth,
silky, warming and delicate, with a sweetly fragrant
rose-water aftertaste.
Tasting Notes by Diageo
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Nose: Sweet, light
and perfumed: dried flowers, lemon, soft fruits, hazelnut
and syrup. Reminiscent somehow of crunchy nut cornflakes.
Palate: Still floral and attractive. There’s
a hit of lemon meringue pie in the middle, and all
very light, sweet and fragrant.
Finish: A little short, but you don’t
want this style of malt to last forever.
Comment: A lovely
sweet, frothy, summery dram.
Tasting
Notes by Dave Broom |
The
Mannochmore Distillery was founded in 1971 by John Haig
& Co. and lies directly behind the Glenlossie Distillery.
It is situated in the valley of the Lossie and south of
Elgin and although it shares the land with Glenlossie, it
is completely separate. There was speculation at one time
it would simply take over production from Glenlossie, but
this was not the case. When Mannochmore was built, its initial
intention was to contribute malt whisky as a component to
Haig's blends. 
replaced
by Cu Dhub Black Whisky. 
