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| Hello, that is considered one of our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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June 20, 2022
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Little duos, at the moment Glen Ord,
younger plus ultima
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We’re occurring with our exploration of this 12 months’s Prima & Ultima collection by Diageo. We’ll all the time take into account the reasonably extraordinary official Ord 30 yo from round twenty years in the past, in its rectangular bottle. By the best way, Ord, Glen Ord, Glenordie or The Singleton of Glen Ord, that is all from the identical distillery. Let’s additionally bear in mind that there is a giant malting plant at Glen Ord (beforehand even Saladin containers), so let’s imagine that Glen Ord are doing their maltings themselve.
(image, journal advert, circa 1995. Loopy admen…)
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Glen Ord 9 yo 2021/2021 (53.9%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 148 bottles) 
Color: white wine and positively unfiltered, as we’re having a number of wee black congeners swimming and twirling round. Cool! Nostril: so very epitomically Glen Ord, which I’ve all the time discovered filled with beeswax and tarte tatin. Some great pears too in there, in addition to a discreet smokiness, as if somebody could be smoking a cigar… a mile away. With water: barley! It isn’t typically that we might be this near uncooked barley, plus the syrup made thereof, to not point out sweet cane. Keep in mind these flutes we have been having once we have been children? Mouth (neat): extraordinarily thick, as a syrup, and viscimetrical even with out water. Greengage syrup, barley syrup, williams pears… With water: as soon as once more, again to the barley – and ripe pears. End: reasonably lengthy, nonetheless thickly textured, with somewhat lemon this time. Candyfloss, toffee apple… It is a get together! Feedback: simply glorious, a stunning fats spirit with an outstanding mouthfeel.
SGP:641 – 87 factors. |
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The Singleton of Glen Ord 1987/2021 (49,4%, OB, Prima & Ultima Third Launch, refill American oak hogsheads, 1,047 bottles, 2022) 
This one from 5 casks, the final 1987s that Diageo would have owned. Color: straw. Nostril: I am immediately reminded of that superb 30 years previous we have been simply mentioning. Beeswax, ripe apples, honeycomb, dandelions, acacia flowers, honeysuckle, papaya, meadow honey, apricots, jujubes, quince jelly, mirabelle jam… and though it is 100% not winey, you’ll additionally discover some beautiful candy wines such because the ripe chenins blancs from Loire (Côteaux-du-Layon). Mouth: precisely. This composition reminds us that even when single malts are single malts (bravo, S.!) you continue to want an excellent grasp blender as quickly as you marry a number of casks. By the best way, after Dr Jim and Mrs Robinson with the primary two editions of the Prima & Ultima, this 12 months it’s Dr Craig Wilson who’s been dealing with the valinches and the pipettes. Efficiently, judging by this little Glen Ord that is simply astoundingly honeyed and ridden wit juicy dried fruits and jams. Like, mirabelles and quinces! Different fruits within the bower, bergamots, dried jujubes, dates for positive… End: medium, with some very mushy spices, tiny contact of ginger, cinnamon rolls, and definitely extra aromatic honey. Feedback: certainly, I am having the sensation of ingesting that previous 30 years previous. It is unbelievable how our thoughts works, as I’ve simply checked that I’ve final tried that official 30 on February 15… 2006!
SGP:641 – 92 factors. |
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