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| Hello, that is one in every of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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September 23, 2022
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Little duos, at this time Ardbeg OB vs IB
(vs Côte-Rôtie)
You can not deny that Ardbeg and Macallan have formed the malt whisky scene, within the late Nineteen Nineties – early 2000s. Issues have modified relatively lots since again then, however each Distilleries (ach, manufacturers) will at all times stay within the hearts of each ‘older’ malt fanatics, along with a couple of different names. Good, I am afraid I am going to make a brick cry if I am going on… Higher strive two newer ‘begs!
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| Guigal’s well-known La-la-La -> |
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Ardbeg 2011/2020 (57.6%, OB, for Germany, 1st fill ‘Cote Rotie’, cask #2303, 302 bottles) 
WAIT. First, it is Côte-Rôtie, not Cote Rotie. I do know it is difficult to deal with international letterings on a 1995 Macintosh, however come on. And second, Côte-Rôtie is without doubt one of the most distinctive and fragrant purple wines, whereas purple wine and peat, properly that is like that well-known Hawaiian pizza we hold mentioning. Or there, bananas al chorizo. However I’m joking, you by no means know, and in any case, some conventional Côte-Rôtie do harbour a couple of % white wine. So like 95% syrah, 5% viognier. Allow us to proceed (with warning)… Color: full gold. Nostril: what is that this? Rye, cedarwood, rose petals and hibiscus, ginger, pomegranates, peonies, blackcurrant buds (large time), tomato leaves, litchee syrup, mustard, rosewater, Lebanese bread… What’s certain is that we’re extraordinarily removed from the south shore of Islay, however there may be some type of enjoyable to this, they need to simply discover one other identify for this sort of winesky. With water: smoked ham and pineapple. There, Hawaiian pizza. Mouth (neat): so weird! You’ll imagine it was made by a start-up distillery, someplace within the Rhône Valley or there, in Schwarzwald. Bitter, dissonant, candy and spicy, with the smoke producing notes of plastic or, properly, burnt pomegranates, burnt juniper wooden… Phew! With water: it is higher, however it’s not Ardbeg. At the very least water introduced just a little coherence; oh and black olives. End: lengthy, not obligatorily an excellent factor. Feedback: an excessive amount of personal product, most likely. No indie bottlers would have dared making, not to mention bottling this very weird combination. Nearly inconceivable to attain, however since we have come this far…
SGP:755 – 70 factors. |
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Ardbeg 20 yo 2001/2022 (44.5%, The First Editions, for HNWS Taiwan, refill barrel, cask #HL18657, 146 bottles) 
All the time an utter pleasure to learn ‘refill barrel’ on a label, particularly after ‘Cote Rotie’ (smirk). Thanks, Hunter Laing and HNWS. Color: white wine. Nostril: we’re again within the late Nineteen Nineties and we’re having a few of these official 10 yo twist cap in our glass. Coltrane on the stereo, and from the glass, these pure, amazingly tarry, sooty and coastal notes that had been nowhere else to be skilled. Properly, all that’s again on this one, with a shocking simplicity and purity, and this very peculiar feeling of oneness. Not many malts are ‘one’ (particularly not when completed or aged in Côte-Rôtie, he he). Ardbeg, what a spirit! Mouth: Ardbeg. A.r.d.b.e.g. ARDBEG. A-r-d-b-e-g (that’ll do, S.) Tar, soot, seawater, lime juice and a drop of camphor oil. And basta. End: lengthy, nonetheless pure, with an ashy signature. Drop of riesling and concepts of bandages and tincture of iodine. Feedback: Ardbeg, along with solely a handful of different names and supplied no foolish wooden and/or wine’s been in use, is a malt that always imposes silence on the drinker. Shh…
SGP:456 – 93 factors. |
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