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| Hello, that is one in all our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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July 21, 2022
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A bag of Dufftown
Dufftown means Bell’s, whereas Bell’s means… Nicely, the paradigm appears to have modified fairly a wee bit since Diageo have launched their part two of Their Singleton operations (after Their first Singletons of Auchroisk, within the Nineteen Nineties)
(Journal advert, mid-Nineteen Fifties. We’re nonetheless utilizing the exact same tasting methods at WF)
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The Singleton of Dufftown 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2021) 
It says ‘Luscious Nectar’ on the label. I say with an announcement like that, it’d higher ship, on condition that the primary Singletons, again in 2012, did not fairly persuade this humble taster (WF 75, however the livery was very totally different – so what?) I might add that I’ve not but actually understood a lot about that sort of umbrella-brand named The Singleton. Color: gold. Nostril: very malty, and fairly grassy. Between a pint of Guinness and a few apple peel, with a contact of rubber too, fairly probably from some sherry wooden. Moderately dry. Mouth: to be sincere I don’t do not forget that older expression of The Singleton of Dufftown 12, however it appears that evidently they’ve improved the make, making it cakey, malty, somewhat sort of ‘massive’ regardless of the decrease power, with some echoes of sherried Mortlach. End: somewhat lengthy, dry, with extra espresso, Nescafé, chicory espresso… Feedback: espresso, who can be in opposition to that. Strictly nothing to do with earlier batches.
SGP:362 – 82 factors. |
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Maybe a clear younger one now, to get a greater grasp of the distillate?
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Dufftown 7 yo 2009/2016 (46%, Carn Mor, Strictly Restricted, bourbon barrel, 660 bottles)
This for the document. Color: white wine. Nostril: it is just a little grassy, gristy, fermentary, with some sourdough, recent sesame and lager. Or there, pilsner, and apple juice. Not a lot so as to add, however that is nice. Mouth: as cakey and malty because the OB, so certainly that is a part of the make, with as soon as once more a sense of ‘Mortlach’. No surprise, simply take a look at a map… End: somewhat lengthy and fairly good, fattish, oily, malty. Barley water and occasional as soon as extra. A smokier aftertaste, reminding us that within the previous days, individuals would all the time declare that ‘Scotch was smoky’. This one is. Feedback: a type of Speysiders that may really feel sherried even after they’re not.
SGP:362 – 82 factors. |
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Dufftown 12 yo 2008/2020 (58.8%, Golden Cask, bourbon barrel, cask #CM262) 
This by the Home of MacDuff. Some good younger pure malts. Color: white wine. Nostril: identical, simply hotter due to the warmer power. Espresso and miso, sounds unusual but it surely’s not disagreeable. With water: fermenting malt, miso certainly, crepes and pancakes, a wee metallic contact (previous tin field)… Mouth (neat): superb! Peach syrup, malt, stewed rhubarb and angelica. All that’s working extraordinarily effectively. With water: pure, plain, beautiful pure maltiness. You can’t not take into account that they have m.i.l.l.i.o.n.s. of such casks mendacity up there in Scotland, however that ought to give us religion sooner or later. Proper, apart from that and by definition, it’s not precisely a unprecedented malt whisky, but it surely’s superb. End: lengthy, on desserts, malt, beers and… maintain on, recent strawberries! Feedback: much less smokiness this time; an excellent ‘common’ malt.
SGP:551 – 83 factors. |
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Dufftown-Glenlivet 12 yo 2007/2020 (53.6%, Cadenhead, Rum Cask, Caribbean rum barrel, 258 bottles) 
This child’s spent two years, from 2018 to 2020, in a rum cask. We have recognized some English sailors who’ve carried out simply the identical (we’re joking – barely). Maybe even a Prime Minister. Color: white wine. Nostril: just a little unsure, grassy and a tad glue-ey, with some grassy/fermentary notes which might be a tad excessive of their grassy-fermentariness. See what I imply, I am certain. Not completely certain the rum tangoes effectively with the malt right here. With water: it is okay, it is okay. Mouth (neat): nice, maltier, somewhat just a little sizzling. Rubbery bananas. With water: the rubber’s again. Some dissonances. End: medium, with a contact of salt. A malty grassiness and diverse grassy malts. Proper. Feedback: for the document. Slightly whisky that will not make it to Bonhams’ across the 12 months 2030. Please remind me, what was it?
SGP:361 – 76 factors. |
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Dufftown 13 yo 2008/2021 (57.6%, Clever Dodger, bourbon barrel, cask #700203)
Color: white wine. Nostril: crushes the weird Cadenhead, with what’s known as brioche, biscuit, sponge-cake and IPA (decide your model, all of them make IPA at breweries everywhere in the world). Some ripe bananas too. With water: clear, pure maltiness. If you happen to like malt whisky and don’t want any flavourings (peat, wine, oak) it is best to like this. Mouth (neat): sure, good, pure, just a little sizzling, fruity, malty, coffeeish… With water: bingo, apple juice, even younger calvados, dry beers, doughs, bakers’ yeast… End: lengthy, dry and all-natural, with a signature on lemons and apples, which is likely one of the finest recognized to whisky individuals. Feedback: once more, in all probability one in a number of thousands and thousands, however that is precisely why we’re into malt whisky.
SGP: 451- 84 factors. |
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Dufftown 14 yo 2008/2022 (59.5%, North Star Spirits, refill hogshead, 241 bottles) 
Color: white wine. Nostril: extra acids, tight white wines, pizza dough, fermentary white beers, sourdough, ferments… Ooh this I normally like. With water: previous floor-clothes and yeasts and wool and damp plaster. Some sort of very fermentary broth, plus recent focaccia, with bits of olives inside. That is virtually pornographic in my guide. Mouth (neat): hurray, large beers, bitter juices, salsify (however sure), parsnips, black nougat, demerara sugar, lemons… With water: triple-hurray, however that is the worst stage, for it’s getting a tad soiled, with notes of stale beers. We had been going too excessive anyway. End: lengthy, tight, just a little antagonistic to water, and maybe just a little mental. And just a little smoky. Feedback: no, it is actually superb, malty to its core and intensely pure and yeasty… Spectacular, so long as you want them very malty, as we do. Or this might be williams-pears.com.
SGP:452 – 88 factors. |
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Time to have a final one, maybe…
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Dufftown 11 yo 2008/2019 (48%, Milano Whisky Pageant, completed in a Diamond Rum cask, 326 bottles)
This one spent twenty months in an ex-Demerara rum cask. Agreed, that sounds just a little unlikely, however as we all the time say, our Italian buddies would have a tendency to offer extra-care to something they put into their mouths. Together with these magic mushrooms on the label. Let’s have a look at… Color: white wine. Nostril: as soon as once more, it’s a type of bready, brioche-y, malty ones. Heat focaccia, naturally, and little rum that we are able to detect. With water: no Diamonds in sight, somewhat recent breads of every kind. Claro. Mouth (neat): simply superb, malty, barely smoky, with recent fruits (lime this time, additionally cider apples) and simply doughs. Dough, dough, dough and just a little chlorophyl, grass… With water: this tight but mild smokiness that might remind a few of ‘mild peat’, plus grasses. Very dry. End: medium, very grassy, however with good notes of apple, pear and quince juices, plus dry waxes within the aftertaste. Feedback: I feel we have discovered just a little smoky Mortlachness this time once more.
SGP:352 – 84 factors. |
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I feel we have had our ‘cities, so see you.
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