Teeling Small Batch

This small batch has been matured in oak cask then finished in Rum cask.I was looking for the Single Grain but the SAQ only carries the Small Batch so I said to myself Why not?

The nose has a lot of alcohol and because of it, it is an evolving experience. First you have only the alcohol. After a while you have cut hay, white raisin with tea, marzipan and white pepper. Furthermore you have dried pineapple and dried peach dipped in honey.

The palate is sweet and follow the nose in a blended way. The flavors are there but not well defined. But sometime you have a hint of milk chocolate.

The finish is short and like the palate. Then comes the best part of this whisky the smell of the empty glass after an hour. You have raisins but the Thompson not the sultana, with milk chocolate and prune going on the goji fruits, surprising! The extra points will be put in the nose.

Conclusion, it is good but too blendy to be great. You have more grain at the beginning and some malt at the end which is a good surprise but, again, the definition is not there. For me, the honey is responsible for the richness but mixed all the higher notes together.