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that tastes unimprovably stunning with no water added, yet maybe even better with a
dash.
At 60 quid for a bottle (at time of writing, mid August 2003) it's not exactly cheap,
but then look at it this way; there's over three times as much alcohol in a bottle of 40 abv
whisky as there is in even a fairly powerful bottle of wine, and there's
way
more than
three times the amount of taste per sip, even if you water it down. So if you'd splash out
on a fifteen or twenty pound bottle of wine, there should be no problem handing over 60
smackers for a brilliant bottle of malt.
In fact, if I'm right and this stuff is the equivalent of Grange or Pétrus, it's a positive
bargain; they work out at 60 quid or more for a single glass.
It is all subjective, of course, and what I like, you may not. Your own perfect dram
may still be out there.
The search is half the fun.
