Speyside Region Speyside Very Old Selection Sb

Name: Speyside Region Speyside Very Old Selection Sb
Brand: Speyside Region
SKU: 149959
Rating: 87.43 (88 reviews)

Overall rating: 87.43/100
votes: 88

Whiskybase ID: WB149959
Category: Blended Malt
Bottler: Sansibar (Sb)
Bottled: 2019
Casktype: Sherry
Number of bottles: 436
Strength: 45.6 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 4260653060066
Bottled for: Finest Whisky Berlin
Added on: 27 Feb 2020 10:06 pm by PuddingmitHaut

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Whisky Reviews for Speyside Region Speyside Very Old Selection Sb

22 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.43 points

LeChiffre scored this whisky 87 points
13 Jun 2020 12:35 pm
The nose surprised me already. The malt shows noticeable pronounced notes of old charred wood from nose to finish, which is reminiscent of a smokiness. I think the old barrels are sure to come into play here. Overall, very tasty and a pleasant drinking sensation if you like the present barrel wrap.
(Rating: o)

Nose

87 87

sweet-spicy; slightly musty (pleasant) woody notes of old wood (one notices the proportionate old barrels); tender fruitiness; sweet oranges; Dried fruits; Brown sugar; a hint of vanilla; a note reminiscent of smoke is present (charred wood? '); with time in the glass, the fruitiness comes to the fore

Taste

88 88

soft and oily; pleasant mouthfeel; also a lot of spiciness in the mouth and also slightly sweet; Dried fruits; dark chocolate; Coffee notes; the spiciness increasingly takes on a peppery note; Notes of old wood

Finish

87 87

initially peppery-spicy; some dried fruit; dark chocolate; old (charred) wood notes remain - reminiscent of a smokiness
Brunobaer1887 scored this whisky 70 points
31 Jan 2021 8:21 am
What do you do with barrels that are useless for anything like the ones that used to be the last to be picked up on the playground when voting for teams and went into the goal?
You pack them up like in a special school class and hope that something useful comes out of it, put a great colorful label on it and market it under a well-known label. I'm glad I only took one sample ...

Addendum 2 weeks after the first tasting: there is a solution, either dissolved in the water as a homeopathic dose or given away to a clochard: this is how it unfolds its full effect. In my opinion it is not rightly called Zanzibar, Herbert Seckler why do you allow it?

Nose

67 67

Do you like smoked mackerel with a touch of farm dog that lifted his leg on the barley? Then you are exactly right here

Taste

71 71

It tastes metallic and apparently there were rotten fish in the barrels when they were first filled

Finish

73 73

The best! It is gone quickly and is suitable to neutralize during a tasting, because all other aromas are gone for now. Now a cigar and twelve crackers and it can go on
WhiskyCasual scored this whisky 89 points
25 Jun 2020 12:59 pm
Tasting blind, at the beginning I would have assigned it to Bowmore.
Smoked bacon hanging long on the nose, nutty, sweet and a little balsamic.
First sweet in the mouth, then smokier; ends in a salty, earthy finish.
Definitely not a young or modern malt

Nose

89 89

Taste

90 90

Finish

89 89
webturtle scored this whisky 88 points
23 Feb 2021 6:35 pm
I would never have located it in Speyside.
But I'm really not sure whether it's peat smoke that I perceive or maybe something smoky from charred barrels.
I really like the sherry influence and the tobacco that is evident.
There is also a little cowshed.
I like this blend. It can show very nicely that it doesn't always have to be single malt.

Nose

89 89

Taste

87 87

Finish

88 88
Vallado scored this whisky 88 points
06 Feb 2021 12:21 am
Unusual Speysider, I wouldn't necessarily have expected the smoke and umami notes. The dram increases in the course and culminates in a quite long, pleasant spicy-fruity-tart finish

Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

89 89
Likudi scored this whisky 69 points
30 Jan 2021 8:57 pm
Smells like Inge Meysel under her dressing gown. Association of poorly ventilated old people's home rooms including disinfectants and everything else that goes with them.

Nose

63 63

Taste

74 74

Finish

70 70
Helgo scored this whisky 88 points
13 Dec 2020 12:55 pm

Bought blind and despite Speyside I had maritime grades at first and something between Talisker and Bowmore occurred to me, which obviously can't be ... Let's see which Speyside distilleries come into question here, which ones too are not so little. The best known are:

- Ardmore
- Balvenie
- Benriach
- Benromach
- Glen Moray
- Glenfiddich
- Tomintoul

and a few more ... So not definable. Unless the distillery's note on the label is clear ... I can't classify it in terms of taste.

But what I can definitely say is that this whiskey has really nice notes of old damp musty wood and, in my opinion, a perfect smoke influence. How much PPM does this whiskey have? No idea. Since the barrel worked right here, I don't think that can really be narrowed down. The subsequent ripening over 18 years has beautifully interwoven the individual components.

Yes, special and not everyday whiskey either, but it costs just under 100 €. Due to the age, I'm not afraid that the whiskey might tip over at some point. It will stay in my bar for a long time and come up every now and then if I feel like doing something special or if I want to show whiskey delights that Speyside can also be "peated" ;-)
mokkori did not rate this whisky
02 May 2020 6:14 pm

Scotch blended malt from the 60s / 70s which was married in a sherry barrel in 2001 and then bottled in 2019.
Totoro scored this whisky 87 points
11 May 2022 1:33 pm
Interesting, but somehow also a bit dated. Would bet on an Ardmore stake.

Nose

Noticeably smoky - I didn't expect that. Earthy, musty-damp, well-decomposed peat smoke, such as from an old Ardmore. After a while like cottage ham smoked over beech wood. In addition, some old wood and a delicate apricot fruitiness, otherwise there is not much going on. Rather simply knitted, but very harmonious, and you can tell the age.

Taste

More power on the palate. Beautifully hearty-spicy-fleshy, I almost feel reminded of Mortlach here, although the trail of smoke persists. Honey sweet, light oiliness from the long time in the barrel.

Finish

Sounds very mellow, still earthy (damp forest floor with mushrooms), but also slightly leathery and dusty, with "gentlemen's room" and old library book associations. Here again very, very mild, but also really pleasantly old-school.
tangtang scored this whisky 87 points
11 Mar 2022 4:47 pm
Surprising aromas especially on the nose. Very complex and extraordinary.

Nose

87 87

at first I have a smoky note, which is quite surprising. Very spicy and lots of oak. Slightly fruity, oranges, very light vanilla. Later the fruitiness increases.

Taste

88 88

soft attack, oily creamy, spicy oak notes, dried fruits, chocolate, becoming slightly tart.

Finish

87 87

very spicy with pepper, somewhat fruity, sweet, again a slight smoky note

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