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Hillside Rare Malts Selection 25 Year Old, 1995, 60.1%
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Hillside Rare Malts Selection 25 Year Old, 1995, 60.1%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 25
Average Score
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Description

The Rare Malts are a series of Diageo cask-strength releases designed to show off some of the lesser known whiskies in its empire. Selected from what were deemed to be some of the best casks in their warehouses, the series enjoys a stellar reputation for quality, and as a result bottlings are highly sought after today. While the series is now discontinued, its legacy lives on through the Diageo Sp ...

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Cask type
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Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Lightly Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
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Batch
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PPM
N.A
Barley
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Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
1894
Has box
Yes
Closure
N.A
Presentation
Presentation box
Series highlights
Rare Malts Selection; a series of Diageo cask-strength releases; focused primarily on whiskies from closed distilleries.
Historical context
Distillery closed in 1985; part of the Rare Malts series created in response to the 'Whisky Loch' of the 1970s and 1980s.
Special release
Limited-edition bottling from a rare and closed distillery; considered a collector's item.
Allocation
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Nose
Opens with malty aromas, alongside fresh cut grass and hay, followed by floral vanilla, moss, and heather. There's lots of yellow and tropical fruits, including oranges, peach, pineapple, and banana, with undertones of plums and red berries. In the background, hints of nail polish, sawdust, and a whisper of smoke.
Palate
Quite concentrated alcohol initially, holding on the tongue allows more flavours to develop. There's quite an oily mouthfeel, as flavours of vanilla custard, coconut, fresh wood, and pepper develop. Some saltiness and a hint of peat follow, before the fruits return with tangy orange marmalade and peach.
Finish
Long, quite sweet and fruity. Initially slightly drying oak with cigar smoke. At the close, hay and grass return, but its fruity notes of peach, banana, and orange which linger most.
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