Region: Highland
Age: 19 years
Maturation Cask: not specified
Strength: 54.6%
Volume: 70cl
Bottler: Duncan Taylor
Distillation Date: 1990
Bottling Date: 2009
Cask Number: 356
Tasting Notes
Colour: Straw.
Aroma: Powerful, grassy, with apple peel and wet stone.
Taste: Big and grassy again, with citrus, violet sweets and marmalade.
Finish: Long and complex, with almonds, orange and, once again, grass.
An outstanding collection, all aged 17 years and above, Duncan Taylor's "Rare Auld" range represents top-notch malts of impeccable quality, bottled from single cask and at cask strength.
The Lochnagar malt owes its prefix to the Royal Warrant issued in 1848 after the distillery was visited by Queen Victoria and her family, who were staying at the Balmoral estate next door. Most of what the distillery produces is used in Johnny Walker Blue and Black label whiskies, making any Single Malt bearing the name Royal Lochnagar a rare and much sought after dram.
