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Whisky Review: House of Hazelwood The Garden at Hazelwood 47 Year Old Charles Gordon Collection

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Whisky Review: House of Hazelwood The Garden at Hazelwood 47 Year Old Charles Gordon Collection

by Beth Whymark
November 27, 2024

Beth, a whisky enthusiast, became Whisky Magazine’s editor (2022-2024) and now works in content marketing for scotch whisky brands.

Tasting Notes:

About:

A blend of malt whiskies designed to evoke the scents of the garden at Hazelwood House in summer.

Appearance:

Honey

Nose:

Orange peel, and orange-flavored hard candies. Rich honey cake and sweet vanilla extract, and almond-rich marzipan. Walnuts and cinnamon syrup. Unsweetened baked apple, honeyed chamomile tea, and expressed lemon peel. Caramelizing white chocolate.

Palate:

Fairly light-bodied. Floral notes of violet, orange blossom, and rosewater. A hint of pistachios in syrup baklava. The chamomile tea is still there, but now sweeter and chilled. Sour-apple candies, and a slight sulfury hint, like the rind on a baked cheese.

Finish:

‘Green’ notes take over in the medium-long finish, with cut flower stems and the distinct herbaceous and tannic influence of green tea. Finally, unexpectedly, the baked apple returns.

Comments:

The name says much for the whisky here: it definitely errs on the side of floral and herbaceous, but with enough sweet and malty accents to keep it balanced.

Beth Whymark

Following six years in regional journalism, Beth entered the world of spirits in 2020 after joining Paragraph Publishing, the company behind Whisky Magazine and the World Whiskies Awards. She was editor of Whisky Magazine from September 2022 to July 2024 and served as one of the publication's tasters. Her current role is in content marketing, working day-to-day with a number of Scotch whisky brands, and she is still reading and writing about and tasting whiskeys from around the world in her spare time.

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