The Antiquary 35 Review [Swiss Army Man]

Hi everyone,

Now back to your regularly scheduled program. Me tasting my way through a Switzerland trade event.

The last one before the special 500th Scotch review was a Tomatin, but Tomatin also own a blended whisky brand: The Antiquary. Which I hadn’t really heard of before visiting the distillery and seeing some of the bottles there.

But this 35 is special. It’s a higher strength and the price is pretty reasonable compared to Chivas Regal or Johnnie Walker at that age.

 

The Antiquary 35 46%

Colour: Gold

Body: Medium/Full

Nose: Beautiful nose. I first tried Caroni at Whisky Live Paris and this nose really reminds me of the 21yo 100 proof. Caroni-esque banana, a whiff of Diesel fumes, old oils, oily oak and red apple.

Taste: Soft, almost lacks power to start then kicks with Caroni like Jamacian rum notes of over ripe banana, petrol rags, soft oak, red apple and white pepper. Great balance and really interesting flavours.

Finish: Long length. Great. More petrol, over ripe banana and spice. Great length to it too. Oh, and spiced orange.

Huge thumbs up for this. Best blend I've tried so far. Those petrol notes are delicious and really interesting. Caroni casks maybe? Who knows.

87/100

Thanks for reading!

Scotch Review #501

Whisky Network Review #577

Network Average: 74.6

Best Score: 92

Worst Score: 22

0-49 Terrible

50-59 Bad

60-64 Just About OK

65-69 Ok to Good

70-74 Good

75-79 Very Good

80-84 Excellent

85-89 Superb

90+ Magnificent

Full Disclosure Disclaimer: I currently work as a Brand Ambassador for Penderyn Distillery. The views expressed here are purely my own and do not reflect the views of Penderyn Distillery or The Welsh Whisky Company. I try to maintain as much objectivity as I can but feel free to take my reviews with as big a pinch of salt as you like. Furthermore, my rating scale is NOT based on a Parker type wine scoring scale or a school/college/university % or A-F grade score. You can find more on my scoring here. I apologise for any seemly low or 'bad' scores given with my system and am sorry I can't say only nice things. Please keep in mind that I am ethically compromised and am unable to produce 100% unbiased reviews.

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