Distillery
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Grassy, vanilla, toffee, almond
- Palate
- Light with grass, vanilla, toffee, and gentle oak
- Finish
- Short, clean, soft
Flavor profile
grassyvanillatoffeealmondoak
How to drink it
- neat
- rocks
- highball
Scotch · Lowland, Scotland
Auchentoshan 12
Triple-distilled Lowland. Light, grassy, gentle.
Food pairings
- fresh fruit
- light seafood
- soft cheese
- vanilla ice cream
Price tier
Special-occasion shelf. $50–100. Reach for celebrations.
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