The Antiquary 12 Year Old is bottled in a rather odd and old looking bottle, but that is hardly relevant. It is produced by Tomatin and thus contains this single malt as signature. But also other Highland, Speyside and even Lowland malts are used, as is grain whisky.
The nose is very sweet with loads of sugared breakfast cereals and marzipan. Walnuts and honey. Fresh and fruit: mostly white fruit, but also a slice of mandarin. This is more than okay.
Hmm, good body. Very oily to creamy with sweet apples (some cider) up front, loads of honey and citrus (peel included) and toffee. The oak rears its head with some spices. But all of it remains very accessible without really tasting the tastebuds.
The finish is not very long, on mostly malt, caramel and a bitter touch.
All in all a very easy drinking blend, that will disappear quicky during a game of cards. Combines well with apple pie! Less than 35 EUR. There is also a NAS version, named Finest, and a 21 Year Old.
This sounds like an excellent blend. I may have to pursue in finding a bottle.