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| Hello, that is one in every of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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Mars 3, 2022
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Little duos, at the moment St. Magdalene
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St. Magdalene’s malt has at all times loved cult standing amongst the Malt Maniacs, primarily due to that flabbergasting UD-Uncommon Malts 19-1979/1998 that was extraordinarily potent and just about unbreakable. Truly, as soon as poured, your tulip glass would crack earlier than the whisky would even begin to present the slightest indicators of tiredness.
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Sadly, I do not suppose there’s been a brand new bottling of St. Magdalene (or its alter ego Linlithgow) since ten years or so, even when the well-known Lowland distillery was solely closed in 1983. As a result of 1983 was solely yesterday, was it not? What’s certain is that we have nice mates at Whiskyfun.
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St. Magdalene 27 yo 1983/2010 (52.7%, Half des Anges, Closed Distilleries, bourbon barrel, 132 bottles) 
Half des Anges (Angel’s Share) was a wonderful small French indie bottler that will have been somewhat early. As everyone knows, 1983 was the Distillery’s final classic; to suppose that it is turn into flats… Color: white wine. Nostril: that is like assembly an outdated pal for the primary time since years. Great notes of grape pip oil and outdated silverware, very idiosyncratic (will we love that phrase), then enormous notes of autumn leaves and apple peeling, plus grapefruit pores and skin and one thing barely glutamate-y and miso-y that you’d normally quite discover in outdated sherried infants. It’s each very advanced and fairly austere, which is somewhat uncommon however very ‘Magdalene’ in our humble opinion. With water: extra apple peel, pure cleaning soap (saponin) and paraffin, some form of waxy fino, contemporary butter, mashed peas, mashed potatoes, these metallic touches as soon as extra, some new wool, new jumper (what was up again in 1983? Sergio Tacchini?) … I do not suppose any Distillery’s nonetheless making one thing even remotely near this fashion, the one ones being, in my e book, Millburn or Glen Albyn, however these are lengthy gone too. Mouth (neat): huge, with a great deal of tobacco and salted inexperienced fruits, red-bean mochi, extra autumn leaves, gritty oils (excessive olive oil), then pickled lemons and a curious contact of sake. I discover this little Magdalene fairly Japanese. With water: extra sweetness popping out, grapefruit jelly maybe, maybe somewhat mutton fats and marrow, these wee soapy and metallic touches as soon as extra, some peppers and a few grasses… It remained fantastically austere. End: lengthy, nonetheless sharp, salty and grassy, with some marzipan within the aftertaste and maybe somewhat coal smoke. Feedback: transferring whisky. Unsure we’ll ever handle to style extra St. Magdalene that we’ve not tried but, apart from the subsequent one…
SGP:362 – 90 factors. |
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St. Magdalene 23 yo 1970/1994 (58.1%, Uncommon Malts)
I by no means jotted down the smallest, silliest notes about this one, what I bear in mind is that some mates used to inform that it was superior to the 19/1979, while others would have claimed on the contrary. The one different 1970 I’ve ever tried was a DL Platinum that had been wonderful however not integrally dazzling in my e book (WF 89). Color: gold. Nostril: the place else are you going to seek out correct Swiss Gruyère melted in balsamico, stearin, shoe polish, with some menthol, turpentine, linseed oil, sulphur candles (not burnt), kirschwasser and ham? What’s this unlikely but fantastic sorcery? Scottish fondue? With water: wonderful waxy grasses, suet, contemporary almonds, maybe seal blubber, ski wax, wool and mint leaves (uncommon combo, I agree), somewhat contemporary paint… Mouth (neat): a hi-power nutty and leafy begin, stuffed with walnuts, wood-smoked fish, grapefruits, bitter almonds, amontillado, many oils and a rising tartness. Tends to turn into fantastically bitter, chartreusey, very leafy. Artichokes and eggplants within the background. With water: that is the place it’ll begin to sing for those who give it time, reaching a pinnacle that is quite simple to overlook for those who’re not an attentive and affected person taster. Very good lemons, many inexperienced teas, inexperienced pu-ehr and simply every kind of waxes and oils. Very, very lengthy and breath-taking growth for those who give it time. End: lengthy, grassy, mentholy, natural and, identical to the 1983, fairly salty. Some form of limey vegetable bouillon within the aftertaste. Miso and tofu too. Feedback: beautiful however simple to overlook. In different phrases, maybe not for avenue drinkers or new-born whisky influencers on b****y YouTube. They will need to have had lots of enjoyable at United Distillers whereas they have been deciding on all these casks of ‘official unbiased bottlings’. Think about the cask samples lined-up on the desks… This will need to have been one of the crucial, say introspective of all of them. Speaking in regards to the whiskies, naturally.
SGP:462 – 92 factors. |
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(Many thanks Christian and Jeffrey)
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