This Loch Lomond 2001 is an exclusive single cask specially bottled for The Whisky Shop by Loch Lomond distillery. It spent 16 years in French Limousin oak.

Loch Lomond 16 yo 2001 (56,5%, OB for The Whisky Shop 2017, Limousin oak cask #16/329-2, 384 btl.)

Nose: starts on green apples, quickly joined by a gristy, peaty side and some oats. Hints of dough, mint and fragrant oak shavings. Soft vanilla. Light musty notes in the background. Reminds me more of the old production than of their reworked Loch Lomond 12 for instance. Mouth: plenty of apples again, pear...