Michael Jackson
Nose
Cedary. Newly sawn wood. Resin. Oil of peppermint.
Palate
Oily. Black chocolate. Bitter.
Finish
Drying. Musty. Woody.
Comment
Of interest to collectors, historians and the likes of me, but this Brechin brew, staunched in 1983, never made a great whisky.
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Martine Nouet
Nose
Big and Pungent. Fruit and wood. Cider apple, damson plums, honey. Dark chocolate.
Palate
Sour fruitiness. The spices and biting alcohol is hardly tolerable, even with water. Wood dominates maltiness. Reminiscent of a rye whiskey.
Finish
Robust, warm, biting.
Comment
It's my first taste of North Port so I can't decide if the distillery character has been blurred or not by sherry. Like a bulldozer after an earthquake.
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