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Wine Society Speyside 12yo | 40.0% | Speyside
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Meet #89 | 30/09/17 | Hosted by Phil
A couple of lower-cost bottles from the Wine Society do battle against eachother, then a SMWS bottle gets added to the mix to see how it compares in both price and complexity (and value?).
A couple of lower-cost bottles from the Wine Society do battle against eachother, then a SMWS bottle gets added to the mix to see how it compares in both price and complexity (and value?).
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Nice, gluey - an undertone of U-hu. Wood varnish. Leafy greens. Juicy. Raisins. Hazelnuts, perry. Sweet, spicy Christmas! Rum and raisin ice cream, brandy butter, foreign nuts. Marzipan. Rich, Baileys.
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Burnt sesame seeds, melted raspberry ripple. Madness, cheap plonk. Black pepper. Quite watery. Finding it hard to think of a taste... quite salty. Mango, touch of sour like a Belgian beer. Treacle. Disappointingly hollow, watery spiced rum. Watermelon sweets, maybe jolly ranchers?. A little vacant, with a slightly fake sweetness.
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Slight rubber. Treacle again - something toasted! Toasted treacle. Long, mellow finish. Sour. Vacant still.
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I quite like this. It's pretty fruity, but just a little insubstantial in body and flavour.
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67 / 100
Giles6.5 Hamish5.3 Iain6.3 Jamie5.5 Laura5 Lucy4.7 Nicola5 Phil5.8 Shelley5.6 Stewart6 Avg.5.6