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| Hello, that is one among our (nearly) each day tastings. Santé! |
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October 12, 2021
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The fruitiest malt within the north of Scotland! Beautiful place, folks and whisky, we nonetheless have the tastes of that insane official 1966 in our mouth (38yo/2004), absolutely a bottle to observe at auctions. No wait, please do not…
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Balblair 25 yo (46%, OB, +/-2021) 
I imagine, however I could possibly be fully flawed, that it is a newer batch of the 25. We have by no means tried the 25 anyway, by the way in which, however all issues come to him who waits (yeah, in books or films). Color: deep gold. Nostril: natural teas, overripe apples and pears, and a bit of steel polish, then the anticipated bananas and papayas. Some type of Chinese language spiciness too (or is that jasmine?) and greengage jam. Lengthy story brief, it’s a pretty nostril, complicated, mature, elegant and contemporary. Mouth: begins with a bit of mentholy oakiness, pinewood maybe, fir honey… Will get geared in direction of the trademark tropical fruits after that, in addition to hectolitres of varied natural teas, a few of them fairly mentholy. There actually is a sense of fine previous wooden on this one, which might make you imagine it is fairly older (like 35). The aforementioned 1966 was brighter and fruitier, for instance. Dried figs and dates becoming a member of the fiesta after a superb minute or so. End: medium, with a contact of salt, chestnut jam, natural teas and a reasonably pretty earthiness within the aftertaste. Feedback: maybe not as completely good as another previous Balblairs – so maybe not Concorde-quality – however we’re already flying very excessive.
SGP:561 – 88 factors. |
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Balblair 40 yo (42.8%, Single Malts of Scotland, hogshead, cask #1346, 152 bottles, +/-2010) 
I attempted this child when it got here out however I feel I type of missed it (WF80, no correct tasting be aware). Let’s strive it once more, eleven years later… Color: gold. Nostril: definitely a tropical fruit bomb, with papayas, mangos and fervour fruits upfront, candlewax simply behind them, after which wormwood, or artemisia, angelica, inexperienced tea, pine needles… I’m, at instances, reminded of that previous 1966 that I’ll have talked about earlier than (you already did twice, S.) Mouth: the oak’s extra distinguished, giving it a mentholy/piney arrival that is not with out remind me of the newer official 25. Goes on with banana and peach skins, in addition to these tiny touches of paraffin as soon as once more. Artisanal citron liqueur, a beautiful Corsican factor that I’d wholeheartedly advocate you (they name it ‘cédrat’ as a substitute of ‘citron’). End: good size, contemporary, tropical, citrusy, with extra tea once more within the aftertaste. Feedback: a lot better than I remembered it. We tried it throughout an Previous & Uncommon masterclass final yr, we could strive it once more across the yr 2022.
SGP:651 – 87 factors. |
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