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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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July 5, 2022
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One other wee journey round Europe
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(Contains whisky and tasting word created by AI)
Beginning this journey from France, as traditional, which solely is smart.
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Twelve 3 yo ‘Almandin’ (48%, OB, France, 8000 bottles, 2022) 
New whisky made in Laguiole in Aubrac, within the mountains (1000 metres) and matured in rum casks. Laguiole is especially identified for his or her knives and for his or her ex-3-star restaurant ‘Bras’ (they’ve left Michelin fairly some years in the past). Color: white wine. Nostril: some fruity younger spirit, just about on pears, sourdough, pale ale, with some anticipated touches of sawdust and cocoa powder, plus certainly hints of some form of waxy and barely rubbery but mild rum. Very trustworthy and definitely not made-up. Mouth: it is just a little younger on the nostril however as typically, it delivers far more on the palate. Am I dreaming or am I discovering touches of gentian? Parsnips? Elderberries? Aside from that, lemon and pears, plus buckwheat crepes. As soon as once more this sense of ‘honesty’. End: medium, with just a little pepper and cinnamon, plus bitters (that purple stuff). Feedback: we could also be lacking these superior mushrooms that they’ve down there in Aubrac, however I am discovering this new effort fairly spectacular and appropriately rustic. And I am a sucker for gentian anyway.
SGP:561 – 83 factors. |
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Teerenpeli 10 yo (43%, OB, Finland, +/-2021)
Ex-sherry and bourbon. I had tried an earlier 10 again in 2015 (WF 78) however the bottle was fully totally different. Color: mild gold. Nostril: extraordinarily uncommon, loaded with paraffin and overripe apple juice, with some form of soapiness within the background, linden tea, butter cream, white chocolate… It is relatively singular, shall we embrace, however actually not disagreeable. Very curious in regards to the palate… Mouth: super progress since 2015. Positive the oak’s a tad outstanding, which by no means works that completely at 40 or 43% (in my view), however this sense of malt tea, rooibos, matzo balls and weissbeer simply clicks. The tiny touches of pineapple within the background do too. End: medium, getting maybe a tad bitterish and oaky-ish. Feedback: this could go nicely with gravlax, or nonetheless they write it/say it up there in Finland.
SGP:451 – 84 factors. |
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A great session this far. Bear in mind, we should not count on Clynelish when attempting these younger new choices the world has to supply, however we’re impressed most of the time. Off to neighbouring Sweden…
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Mackmyra ‘Intelligens AI:01’ (46.1%, OB, Sweden, +/-2021) 
From the official web site: ‘The world’s first whisky created by Synthetic Intelligence used to enhance and automate probably the most time-consuming technique of whisky creation. The distillery’s machine studying fashions, powered by Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and AI cognitive providers developed by Fourkind, are fed with Mackmyra’s present recipes (together with these for award-winning blends), gross sales knowledge, and buyer preferences.’ All proper, let me introduce the world’s first tasting word created by Synthetic Intelligence then. Color: Pantone 1205 PC so C:0 M:5 Y:35 Okay:0. Nasal appendix: ethylvanillin C9H10O3 and ethyl decadienoate and ethyl decadienoate and ethyl decadienoate and 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline plus fruit doth that far the Hesperian style surpass and smells of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues. Gap by which meals is ingested: good wine and bitter wooden new sawn with ethyl decadienoate floor coating naphtha and acrylic fruits and C55H72MgN4O5 for those who should. End: uncooked and residual sawdust consists primarily of cellulose, lignin and hemicelluloses plus bakery bakery bakery bakery and apple cccaaakkkeee. Feedback: kaos är granne med Gud low battery low battery low batt. Superb calvados.
SGP:441 – 81.99999999999 factors. |
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Fairly. Proper, that was experimental. Sufficient, to Germany…
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Elsburn 8 yo 2013/2022 (55.1%, OB, Germany, Kirsch Import, Italian Connection) 
This from 1st fill amarone and marsala casks, by the Hercynian Distilling Co. Sounds even crazier than Hawaiian pizza or Flammekueche with durian. Color: darkish apricot. Nostril: was the wooden STRised? Please consider me, we have tried some whiskies that had been completed in amarone they usually had been nowhere close to this. I imply, they had been stuffy and vulgar (whereas there’s some nice amarone, after all), this isn’t, regardless of just a few touches of rubber that may virtually at all times include purple wine wooden. What’s pretty right here is that it totally reeks of peonies and outdated Burgundian items. With water: loves water, we’re virtually nosing some outdated Marsala certainly. Mouth (neat): good enjoyable. Chocolate, tobacco, some form of clove cookie, clootie dumpling, darkish fudge and darker toffee. With water: loves water much more on the palate. Muscovado, sticky pudding, millionaire shortbread and clootie dumpling as soon as extra. End: how would you price nice enjoyable? Like some moist spice cake – and area cake. Feedback: what we name an un-boring whisky. Unsure I would down a double-magnum whereas watching the newest Zappanale (which is one other humorous German factor of significance); now on second thought…
SGP:672 – 85 factors. |
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Cotswolds ‘Sherry’ (57.4%, OB, England, small batch, +/-2022)
We love Cotswolds however had tried an earlier batch of this one which had been just a little onerous (the oak was too dominant) so let’s attempt once more, two years later. Color: gold. Nostril: all issues nutty, as muffins, nougats or pastes. Roasted sesame, peanut, pecans, with just a little paraffin and putty. With water: in the direction of extra putty, plasticine, even hand-cream… Mouth (neat): no! I imply sure! Blood oranges, lime, heather honey, fennel, guignolet (cherry liqueur), then extra roasted nuts of all types, salted honey-coated cashew (an utter sin, speedy excommunication is across the nook for us), then triple-sec and Heering. With water: barley and cardboard! All these younger trendy malts are unbelievable, however they might not at all times take water nicely. An excessive amount of H2O may relatively break them. A great instance right here. End: relatively lengthy, cakey, barley-y. Focaccia within the aftertaste. Feedback: there are relatively a number of Cotswolds that I like higher than this wee ‘sherry’, however I agree they improved this expression. Mucho so.
SGP:351 – 83 factors. |
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A great session at this time, with no correct shining stars on the one hand, and no awful makes in any respect however. All very cool, whisky makes us journey!
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