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Loch Lomond 2001 SMWS 135.1

Overall rating
85.25/100
votes
12
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling serie
Sensual sensory sensation
Vintage
15.03.2001
Stated Age
16 years old
Casktype
1st Fill Ex-Sauternes Hogshead
Casknumber
135.1
Number of bottles
285
Strength
53.8 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Added on
29 May 2018 7:46 pm by Tauti
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Loch Lomond 2001 SMWS 135.1
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Loch Lomond 2001 SMWS 135.1
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Loch Lomond 2001 SMWS 135.1
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Whisky Reviews for Loch Lomond 2001 SMWS 135.1

6 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.25 points

  1. Allandale scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    A lovely good Inchmoan.
    • Nose
      Ahhh, what a nose, sauternes influences present. Syrupy sweetness, brown sugar , grapefruit, leather notes found, candy sweet; marzipan, chocolate , cherries, rum. tea leaves and sweet tobacco notes found, in the end some smoke.
    • Taste
      Complex with sweet wood smoke, burnt oak wet forest soil, cherries, overripe grapes, leather, wax, dust. Spicy aswel.
    • Finish
      Medium long-long, Soft and warm.

  2. FernetBranco scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    Issue Price in June 2018: £ 61.50

    https://www.smws.com/sensual-sensory-sensation
    • Nose
      86 86
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      88 88

  3. theograph scored this whisky 88 points Expert Senior

    A wonderful nose! The Sauternes finish is completely pure! Slightly smoky on the palate with less fruit! A beautiful malt that probably benefits from the finish?
    • Nose
      Syrupy sweet, brown sugar (muscovado?), Caramelized grapes, greasy leather, marzipan, chocolate, cherries, rum, tea leaves, sweetish tobacco / smoke
    • Taste
      Burnt oak, sweet wood smoke, frankincense, soil, forest soil, amarena cherries, ripe white grapes, leather, bread spices, wax, dust, dry, astringent;
    • Finish
      Soft, dry, furry on the palate, not particularly long;

  4. Macheye scored this whisky 82 points Expert Senior

    Well, what to say about this inaugural SMWS Inchmoan?! Honestly, it’s hard to fathom. I was expecting some gentle smokiness – Inchmoan being a usually peated style produced at Loch Lomond – but, instead I was presented with one of the most unsual SMWS whiskies I’ve tasted in a long time. It’s inarguably a thinking dram with moments of intrigue, unusual flavour combinations and a really rather excellent finish.

    https://www.thedramble.com/tastings/loch-lomond/135.1-sensual-sensory-sensation/
    • Nose
      Quite unusual. Perfume, damp cardboard, old leather chairs and something decidedly synthetic. Walnut nuttiness is joined by steeped fruit tea, animal hides, must and something rather umami – egg noodles and cornbread perhaps? Fruitiness is present, favouring orange, but likewise, quite musty and a touch soured. Water brings out herbals (nettles) as well as suggestions of a spiced cigar box. Odd. Really very odd.
    • Taste
      Again, I’m slightly confounded by this. Leather sofas, honey, buttermilk pancakes and soured lemons. These are merged with stale must, earthy nuttiness, sweet and sour sauce and tangy pepper. A few drops of water adds milk chocolate and allows the underlying fruitiness sometime in the limelight – peaches, apricots and lemon peels.
    • Finish
      Medium to long, with a very pleasant gradually fading dryness. Strawberry pavlova lingers in the back palate along with lemons and slight nuttiness. Water lessens the quality of the finish, bringing out some grippy tannins.

  5. GLEN MAUR scored this whisky 86 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      86 86
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      86 86

  6. dramspotter did not rate this whisky Connoisseur

    SMWS Tasting Notes: An amazing red henna colour immediately attracted our attention and the gentle scent of sweet orange pure essential oil, perfumed leather and ripe strawberries dipped in powdered sugar made this a real sensual sensory sensation. The palate followed on with a Moroccan tagine of sweet apricots, sticky honey and tangy lemon. Water released aromas of a strawberry smoothie, new soft leather and chocolate covered macadamia nuts and the taste rounded it off perfectly, dark marc de Champagne truffles with an old fashioned Boulevardier cocktail. After fifteen years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, we transferred this whisky directly into a 1st fill Sauternes cask for the remainder of its maturation.

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