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ROYAL LOCHNAGAR

Established: 1845
Status: Working
Location: Ballater, Aberdeenshire
Visitor centre: Yes
Website: No



• Aged 12 Years (including bottles: L7 302 & L8 176)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: fruity, fruitcake, dried fruits, soft, apples / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, sweet, hint of smoke, fruity, chocolate after adding water / Finish 22 points: medium & fruity / Balance 22 points. Like liquid christmas cake. Just filled with fruitiness. Yummy.)

JILL. What's your definition of a gentleman, Dodo?
HILLCRIST. [Uneasily] Can't describe - only feel it.
JILL. Oh! Try!
HILLCRIST. Well - er - I suppose you might say - a man
who keeps his form and doesn't let life scupper him out
of his standards.
JILL. But suppose his standards are low?
HILLCRIST. [With some earnestness] I assume, of course,
that he's honest and tolerant, gentle to the weak, and not self-seeking.
JILL. Ah! self-seeking? But aren't we all, Dodo? I am.
HILLCRIST. [With a smile] You!
JILL. [Scornfully] Oh! yes - too young to know.
HILLCRIST. Nobody knows till they're under pretty heavy fire, Jill.
JILL. Except, of course, mother.
HILLCRIST. How do you mean - mother?
JILL. Mother reminds me of England according to herself -
always right whatever she does.
(John Galsworthy - The Skin Game)





• Distiller's Edition, Muscat cask wood, batch RL/96 - 9T, 40%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (87 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: chocolate, coffee, fruity, honey, winey. After water: grassy / Taste 22 points: medium-bodied, fruity, malty, sweet / Finish 21 points: medium long & fruity / Balance 22 points.)



• Royal Lochnagar 1986, d 1986, b 2009, Hogshead #1109, Carn Mor Vintage Collection, 46%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 22 points: plums, fruity, lots of fresh grapes, vanilla / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, fruity, sweet, peach / Finish 21 points: long & fruity / Balance 21 points.)





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