Today we’re going to review a Teaspooned malt by the name of Westport. Now, Westport is not a distillery. For those who are unfamiliar with the notion of Teaspooning, a short explanation is due: Some distilleries do not want their cask bottled by Independent bottlers to carry the distillery name (brand issues, etc), Glenmorangie is one, but they do allow to bottle a cask under a different name, after it has been mixed with a tiny amount of other malt (by that time the liquid can not be bottled as a single malt anyways). This is known as Teaspooning. This Westport came from a single ex-bourbon hogshead cask #3299 bottled July 2013 and containing – 99% Glenmorangie with 1% Glen Moray,and was bottled for TWB.
Westport 15 Year Old Burns Malt ,52.5% , £37
Nose: Lovely perfumed nose. Candied fruit. Citrus and lemon curd. Hint of vanilla and spiced oak wood.
Palate: Pepper , malt cereals with sun dried bananas, old style candy sugar and hint of dark chocolate and raisin.
Finish: Sweet Demerara sugar. Cocoa powder wood and fruit gums
Lovely stuff, and the price is right. very solid stuff. daily drinking joy.