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| Hello, that is one in all our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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December 13, 2021
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Love Ord. It is one of the vital vital locations within the Scotch whisky trade and the make’s at all times both excellent, or wonderful.
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| Ord Maltings, 2006 (SV) -> |
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Glen Ord 9 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, first fill bourbon and refill hogsheads, three casks, 1118 bottles, 2021) 
Color: white wine. Nostril: typical. Peanut oil, Meursault, touches of varnish and pineapple (amyl diacetate), rhubarb and vanilla. Mouth: very malty, with extra rhubarb as effectively, beers, cake, walnuts and cashews, roasted peanuts, and this oily/earthy facet that is at all times relatively Ord in my e-book. End: medium, caky. Orange cake, marmalade, peanut butter. Feedback: I feel we’ll try this outdated joke as soon as once more (bear with me), Ord is something however Ord-inary. No, not too proud, however I liked the peanut butter on this one. Very excellent.
SGP:451 – 86 factors. |
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Ord 11 yo 2004/2016 (60.6%, Cadenhead, Genuine Assortment, butt, 342 bottles) 
Certainly we’re late, as soon as once more. Color: gold. Nostril: somewhat unsure when neat. Putty, nail polish, mannequin glue, lower cactus, British strawberry yoghurt. No, that is a distinct one. With water: earth, peelings, mezcal, gentian. Sounds nice however solely the palate will inform. Mouth (neat): feels good, ueber-tart, virtually spritzig. Lime and grass juice. With water: ultra-tight, very grassy, acidic and ascetic. Not for the faint-hearted; as they are saying in Disneyworld. End: lemon juice and granny smith juice, 50/50, plus somewhat lavender cleaning soap that, certainly, would deliver it down a very good ten factors. So unhappy… Salt within the aftertaste. Feedback: a rollercoaster of a younger Ord. Loses you at occasions.
SGP:471 – 80 factors. |
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Ord 11 yo 2008/2020 (54.1%, Cadenhead, Sherry Cask, 210 bottles) 
Maintain on, this was solely a ending, because it was transferred to an oloroso sherry hogshead in November 2016. Okay, say a double maturation. Color: crimson espresso and Cherry Heering. Nostril: and bingo, there, Cherry Heering. Clafoutis and battelman, PX, black pipe tobacco… With water: in reality I feel that is superior, you’d virtually imagine you are visiting a bodega in Jerez. Blackcurrant jam and thick pinot noir everywhere. Mouth (neat): ueber-rich, fats, that is virtually some spicy and earthed-up Christmas cake. Crystalised cherries, prunes, outdated pinot noir, Spanish ham, black pepper, cloves… Not a ballerina-malt for positive. With water: no, it is excellent. Mars bar, espresso, pipe tobacco, prunes, cassis syrup, and simply extra pinot noir. Palomino fino, proper… End: a candy earthiness, some dates, some prunes, some cherry liqueur (guignolet) and a drop of gravy. Menthol within the aftertaste. Feedback: some heavy remedy and never a lot distillery character left, however to be trustworthy, it is a fantastic sherry monster.
SGP:651 – 84 factors. |
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Ord 13 yo 2005/2018 (56.5%, Cadenhead, Small Batch) 
From one hogshead plus one butt. Color: gold. Nostril: this bready greasiness and actually quite a lot of lager or pilsner. Kronenbourg and plaster. With water: extra indefinite. A stroll within the woods whereas ingesting Glen Ord out of your outdated hipflask. Certainly, not a lot sense. Mouth (neat): good tight malt, with quite a lot of grass and fruit peelings, together with citrus zests. With water: considerably between two worlds. Powerful peppery stuff. End: lengthy, ultra-tight, grassy, peppery, tough. Loses many factors now. A bitter malty fruitiness within the aftertaste. Feedback: feels somewhat ‘random’ and fairly un-Ord. Maybe not one of many malts we’ll keep in mind perpetually… It was Glenrothes, was it not?
SGP:451 – 76 factors.
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Glen Ord 13 yo 2007/2021 (48.5%, WhiskySponge, refill hogshead, 337 bottles)
Color: white wine. Nostril: recent gristy and brioche-y barleyish arrival, then linseed oil and hummus. Additionally white asparagus and oats. Certain this ain’t Ardbeg 1975, however we do benefit from the gristiness in there. Bang, but a brand new phrase. Mouth: far more occurring, with petroly oranges, paraffin, oranges-and-cloves, candy mustard, pink pepper, some turmeric, some ginger, horseradish… Now this child would are likely to chunk you earlier than you down it. Higher down it quick then. End: relatively lengthy, spicy and gristy. Some sort of spicy and fruity oiliness, onerous to explain. Hops, bitters… Feedback: one other good one which we can’t keep in mind perpetually. In brief, that is neither Ardbeg Provenance, nor Glen Ord 30 yo OB (WF 93, no much less), however there positive is quite a lot of goodness.
SGP:362 – 85 factors. |
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The Singleton of Glen Ord 39 yo (46.2%, OB, 1,695 bottles, 2021) 
A model new bottling. It’s a curious customized so as to add descriptors to the entrance of such a complicated bottle, on this case: ‘succulent blackberries with muscovado crumble’. It is like if on the again bumper of a Porsche, the makers would have added ‘quick and dependable however cautious in curves to the left’. This Ord has been multi-finished (claret, sherry) however we’ll simply overlook about all that and take a look at it as if it was simply, effectively, an outdated Glen Ord. Color: darkish crimson amber. Nostril: Mrs Robinson’s finished it once more. Previous Cuban cigars, very outdated Morgon (gamay ages very effectively when from a very good home), shoe polish and plenty of embrocations, resins, oils, Barbour grease, then lighter notes of pink bananas, cherry stem tea, canine rose tea, then rosewood and simply strawberry cake. Ouahouh, would we are saying in French. Mouth: I am not too positive concerning the combo that is in movement right here, resins and crimson berries, maybe? Nevertheless it stays malty and relatively spicy, when you do certainly really feel that the outdated whisky has been revived in a manner, and even reactivated. I am questioning, would this work on people too? Think about you are 60+ and also you go to Blackgrange, they usually do a couple of tips on you with woods and wines, and presto, et voilà, you are 40 once you come out! End: medium, with hints of copper polish, in any other case chestnut purée, walnut wine and thyme tea. Bitter chocolate within the aftertaste. Feedback: there positive was some fragility to those outdated casks, however the refurbishment works went very effectively. That is Notre-Dame-of-Scotland.
SGP:651 – 89 factors. |
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They have been additionally having these within the very, and I imply very sensible press pack (to whomever did it, bravo!) so why not attempt them?
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The Singleton 12 yo ‘Cask Pattern’ (55.5%, OB, press pack, 2021) Not even positive that is Glen Ord. Color: white wine. Nostril: pure barley. I imply, barley as in barley. And malt as in malt. Mouth: high-focus orangey malt and cassata. Inexperienced espresso, celeriac eau-de-vie, asparagus eau-de-vie, and beets. End: extraordinarily lengthy, extraordinarily malty. Feedback: wow, what a surprising ueber-malt, what’s placing right here is that simply as you’d count on any fruity eau-de-vie to precise the very essence of stated fruits, that is plain and pure eau-de-vie de barley. However let’s not overlook that Ord’s additionally a vital malting plant.
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Pedro Ximenez & Oloroso ‘Bespoke Mix’ (15.4%, OB, 2021)
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So the sort of ‘mix’ they’re utilizing to do a number of the seasonings of the ending casks they might then use on malts. It is a complete course of, you perceive. So very completely happy to have the ability to do this, whereas maintaining in thoughts that that is in all probability the ‘larger resolution’ they’ve. We’re an awesome viewers anyway. Color: espresso brown. Nostril: fairly bitter and relatively on greens, asparagus, weissbeer, salsify, strawberries, cabbage, and certainly rancio wine. Definitely not as candy and cozy as I’d have thought. Mouth: yeah nice. I positive would not begin to query something right here, however it’s a pretty softer sherry and albeit, I would bottle and promote this relatively than use it to season any awful two-penny oak casks, in Jerez or in Clackmannanshire. End: yep, good. Strawberries, crimson berries, banana skins. Feedback: some sort of drier cream sherry. All of us hate cream sherry, however I would say that is as a result of we have not tried this type.
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In Jerez, a very long time in the past. |
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| Château Lacoste-Borie 2018 (14.5%, OB, Pauillac) Lacoste-Borie is Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste’s second wine, it’s not truly a ‘château’. This fantastic little Bordeaux has been used within the outdated Glen Ord 39, ultimately. First time I am making an attempt a reasonably fantastic crimson Bordeaux as a pattern despatched by a drinks multinational, however I suppose that’s the manner of the world. Color: crimson purple. Nostril: blackcurrant and bell peppers, vanilla and sawdust, tomato sauce, that is traditional middle-bodied Pauillac. Mouth: fairly good, a tad grassy and skinny, maybe. Tomato sauce and cassis. End: somewhat quick. Feedback: a light-weight, grassy little Pauillac, definitely not a Pichon or any of the primary, however this little Bordeaux positive ain’t dangerous in any respect. In any respect, in any respect, in any respect…… |
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