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| Hello, that is one in every of our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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January 25, 2022
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All the time a pleasure, I’d typically like these obscurer periods higher than doing ‘nineteen Ardbegs’ or ‘thirty-seven Macallans’. Who stated I am at all times exaggerating, who?
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Allt-a-Bhainne 12 yo 2008/2021 (49.7%, Chapter 7, Islay cask end, 298 bottles) 
We typically name this set-up ‘in-cask mixing’ or ‘pre-disgorging mixing’ however naturally, the entire whisky trade will disagree. By the best way they referred to as this one a ‘monologue’ however I am certain that’ll be a dialogue. Color: white wine. Nostril: effectively, this isn’t precisely diluted Laphroaig and to be sincere, it does not fairly really feel prefer it’s been botoxed, we’re slightly on some barely paraffined grist, porridge, then melon and grapefruit skins, then the same old limoncello with a drop of chartreuse. A wee bitter contact within the background (child bottle, child’s milk). Mouth: the factor is, that is fairly good, if a bit of unlikely at this stage. It’s an unknown fashion, each mashy and with tarry notes, vanilla yogurt, a curious ashy smokiness and a variety of root greens, together with our beloved turnip and celeriac. One may name this one ‘Baldrick’s Tipple’. End: medium, a bit of unsure, with the Islayer make this can be a little ‘dusty and soiled’. Feedback: fairly experimental. Some sides are superb, some others fascinating, and different but a bit of difficult. So long as they’d let you know on the bottle, I am positive. Just about un-scorable anyway, we’re missing references.
SGP:363 – 80 factors. |
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Allt-a-Bhainne 20 yo 1995/2017 (46%, Murray McDavid, Benchmark, cask #130002, 219 bottles) 
Fabtastic, they have been nonetheless having this at MoM’s. Now whether or not this could be a ‘benchmark’ or not, we do not know and we will see… Particularly since this was completed in claret wooden, specifically an ex-Talbot barrique. Gasp, we may have air… Color: apricot. Nostril: steel polish, outdated cash, bell pepper (that is the St Julien’s cabernet), then strawberry yogurt and simply contemporary Swiss cheese. Now it improved lots after some respiration, with notes of cherry clafoutis and battelman which are proper up my alley. A real Madeine de Proust. Mouth: bitter wooden, bitter cherries, extra yogurt and sourdough. We will wait, let’s examine what they’ve on Netflix… In fact we’re joking. This wee Doritos-whisky stays a bit of unlikely on the palate, with some bitter oranges with some chlorophyl and a few rubber, however it’s not all terrible, so long as you want younger cabernet-sauvignon. Keep in mind, wine, together with the very best clarets, age of their bottles, not of their barriques the place they’re stored just for one or two years, typically three. End: lengthy, spicier and much more on bell pepper and strawberries. Feedback: fascinating, typically even good, however keep in mind than ‘within the good outdated days’ and until I’d be unsuitable as soon as extra, the claret barriques they have been having in Scotland have been fairly often transport casks, not ‘château’ barriques. Anyway, a humorous Allt-a-Bhainne.
SGP:561 – 78 factors. |
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Allt-a-Bhainne 23 yo 1997/2020 (52.4%, Whisky Nerds, barrel, cask #102589, 114 bottles) 
These pretty labels at all times remind me of my schooldays. I suppose that was the concept within the first place. Color: pale gold. Nostril: there, desserts, barley, fudge and toffee, roasted peanuts, honey cake, tarte tatin, maple syrup. Want I say extra? With water: mosses, fern, earth and mushrooms. A+ growth right here. Mouth (neat): name me a traditionalist in the event you like, however that is one other league, even when there are some unlikely touches of gunpowder, flints and even thick bitter beer flying round within the arrival. You can imagine this was ex-sherry nevertheless it was not. Extra tarte tatin, a household pack of speculoos (that is 25 kilos in Belgium), black nougat, high-level Turkish dried figs (cannot beat these), dried dates as effectively… I discover this completely glorious. With water: even higher, even when it will turn into a bit of dry and bitter right here and there. Very malty. End: lengthy and certainly, very malty. Ovaltine/Ovomaltine and Guinness, with a drop of Cointreau. Feedback: completely glorious. No time for double-checking however I am certain it is turn into one in every of my favorite Allt-a-Bhainnes. Now, such a small outturn…
SGP:552 – 88 factors. |
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