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| Hello, that is one in every of our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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August 6, 2021
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(or the funniest dungeons of malt whisky)
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Octomore, do not you. The peatiest Bruichladdich, the cursor-pushing, record-breaking, Nigel-Tufnell- accepted malt whisky that fuels race automobiles and makes widows. We’ll have three…
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Octomore 10 yo 2009/2020 (54.3%, OB, 12000 bottles) 
208 ppm ‘within the barley’, however what’s essential is what goes by means of. We have usually observed that Port Charlotte may very well be ‘smokier’ than Octomore and by the best way, we are likely to want Port Charlotte (ex-bourbon or ex-refill). However let’s preserve an open thoughts… Color: gentle gold. Nostril: consuming curry in a working kiln, actually, plus bacon sandwiches. Goes on with quite a lot of tar and liquorice, creosote, new wellies, new diving gear, sriracha sauce, Tabasco, Worcester sauce, some sort of harissa… After which many contemporary strawberries. Not the primary time we’re noticing that heavy peat and strawberries can sing collectively. With water: gums and burnt rubbers, lotions and strawberry-flavoured jelly infants. Mouth (neat): smoked strawberries, peppered apples, pink grapefruits and muscat, plus quite a lot of tar and liquorice certainly. The sweetness is a bit troubling however that is fairly spectacular. Have been some wine casks concerned? Châteauneuf? I do know I ought to test the web site however I would not wish to miss the Procol Harum Particular documentary on ABC. With water: candy peat. Very candy peat. Williams pear liqueur. End: moderately lengthy, very candy. Many jams and liqueurs that might have simply digested these 208 ppm peat. Feedback: the smoke was eaten alive!
SGP:754 – 86 factors. |
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Octomore 8 yo 2011/2020 (59.9%, The Cask Whisperer, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #4555, 246 bottles) 
This child from Huge Jim McEwan’s Non-public Inventory – 2nd Launch. No wine in sight this time, that is what we would name a transparent lap in motor racing. Beep, beep, beep… Go! Color: white wine. Nostril: a lot narrower, and but extra elegant, tight, mineral, lemony, creosote-y, chalky… I discover this superior. A whole lot of ashes, ashtray, additionally inexperienced olives, capers, samphires… That is all stuff that is ticking the right bins. Gazpacho. With water: good tight acidic smoke, soot, whiffs of latest plywood (at Ikea), which I take pleasure in, extra olives, new electronics, new MacBook (, ‘It did not work as a result of one thing went incorrect’, etcetera…) Mouth (neat): easy, on ashes, lemons and inexperienced peppers. The factor is, this works a deal with. Extra smoky gazpacho and a few inexperienced walnuts. With water: glorious. Creamy mouthfeel, citrus, barley, smoke, ashes, bananas, limoncello… End: lengthy, clear, fats, a tad extra resinous. Feedback: the most effective, al pure, with none butchered wines. Nice younger smoky tipple, nicely chosen Jim, and a moderately paroxysmic, but civilised smoke this time. Nah, it is simply super-good.
SGP:468 – 90 factors. |
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Wine, he stated. Similar to Jim McEwan, at WF we’re afraid of nothing…
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Octomore 11 yo 2008/2020 (58.8%, The Cask Whisperer, Whisky Store Neumarkt, Rivesaltes cask, 322 bottles) 
A Swiss bottling, hurray! With Covid, I have been lacking all Swiss occasions, sob… Rivesaltes is a Vin Doux Naturel, which isn’t actually naturel because it’s fortified, identical to PX. Ah, the labyrinthic French laws that usually make no sense in any respect! By the best way, Rivesaltes is positioned within the far-east of the Pyrénées, whereas the wines are primarily made out of grenache (white, gray, black) and varied muscats. There are each whites and reds, all fortified like sherry and Port. Good, let’s do this little Octomore… Oh by the best way, it is to be observed that Mark R. is now utilizing quite a lot of Vin Doux Naturel at Waterford too. Color: gold. Nostril: I consider the Rivesaltes brings a really brioche-y aspect, you’d say tarte tatin with pears as a substitute of apples, with some very candy pipe tobacco, fruit molasses, fortified jams, mirabelle liqueur… All that. As a consequence, the cursor being all on the jammy aspect, there is not a ton of peat. With water: maraschino, almonds, battelman cake. Mouth (neat): very, very wealthy. The sultan’s tiple. Huge muscat and concentrated fruit syrups, boy is that this wealthy certainly. Roses, Turkish delights, cherries… What’s moderately fascinating right here is that there aren’t any off-notes in any way. An exception in my guide. With water: identical as on the nostril, extra almondy notes, cherries, and this time just a few fragrant flowers and herbs. Round sweeter aniseed… End: lengthy, candy, on smoked candied cherries (ought to anybody ever determine to make that). Solely the aftertaste runs you off the highway, with a leafy sourness. Bah… Feedback: I will be trustworthy, I used to be positive this might be an utter catastrophe. As soon as once more, I used to be incorrect.
SGP:755 – 88 factors. |
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