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| Hello, that is one among our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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June 28, 2022
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| Lagavulin’s big saxophones in 2005 (WF archive) |
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The brand new Prima & Ultima gathers the final two casks of Lagavulin 1993. We’ll at all times bear in mind very fondly the 1993 ‘Supervisor’s Selection’ from 2009 (WF 93), to not be confused with the ‘Supervisor’s Dram’. The managers have it good. As for a correct sparring associate, we have retrieved this one from the library slightly than any of these many ‘undisclosed possible Lagavulins’, what do you suppose?…
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Lagavulin 30 yo 1990/2020 (45.5%, The Syndicate, cask #4396, 96 bottles) 
A really tiny outturn and a bottle that flew below many high-quality individuals’ radars when it got here out. Having mentioned that, please notice that I am making an attempt this from a (fairly giant, ha-ha) pattern drawn from wooden in September 2019 and never from the precise bottle that solely got here out in 2020. Color: mild gold. Nostril: a quietened down Lagavulin that is gone to its oils and putties, paraffin, almond paste, antirust paint, though some very beautiful coastal notes would certainly take off after some time, seashore bonfire, barbecued fish, then quince paste. Quince pastes and jellies will save the world. Mouth: su-perb, a lot much less quiet on the palate, clearly salty (with fats oysters), with fabulous tighter herbs (dill, coriander) and what you may nearly nonetheless name ‘an enormous peat’. Some superior medicinal notes of the tarry variety. These old-school cough medicines made with pine tar, for instance. Additionally a contact of fish oil, monkfish liver, whelks, issues like that. End: urbanely medium-long, civilised, appeased, and certainly quiet. Nearly as if we have simply had half a dozen oysters from Loch Gruinart, within the far, far north of the Distillery (what?) Feedback: this fabtastic child will not make the brand new one’s life simple… However that was then plan, in any case triumph with out peril brings no glory.
SGP:566 – 92 factors. |
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Lagavulin 1993/2021 (50.1%, OB, Prima & Ultima Third Launch, Pedro Ximenez/Oloroso seasoned butt and refill American oak hogshead, 642 bottles, 2022)
Apparently, one of many casks has been double-seasoned with PX and oloroso; so was that merely ‘cream’ sherry or did they, certainly, do some double-seasoning? That might be a primary in my e-book, however in any case, nothing can cease progress. Proper, however as at all times, the reality lies within the glass. Color: amber. Nostril: previous penny e-book, previous copper kettle, metallic polish, previous storage, humidor and cigars, pu-her tea, walnut wine, soy sauce, Stolle, caraway liqueur… Boy is that this one stressed! With water: chen-pi a.okay.a. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae. Yep. Mouth (neat): a thick, spicy concoction, smoky and meaty, salty, bouillony and really fermentary. Stout and soy sauce, walnut liqueur and nocino (that is the identical factor, S.), chewing tobacco (however who’s nonetheless utilizing chewing tobacco as of late?)… With water: extra on grilled bacon. End: lengthy and certainly, very savoury and fermentary. Salty aftertaste. Feedback: glorious, as anticipated, however the boisterous butt does really feel slightly quite a bit, much more so after the all-natural class of the Syndicate’s purer, far more distillate-driven Lagavulin.
SGP:476 – 90 factors. |
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