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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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June 17, 2022
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Little Duos, at this time Royal Lochnagar (together with the brand new Prima & Ultima) |
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Diageo’s new Prima & Ultima sequence 2022 version is out. As anticipated, the choice is somewhat loopy and, the truth is, reasonably harking back to the primary Particular Releases, besides that the whiskies that was 20 yo inside these early alternatives are actually very roughly from 30 to 40 years outdated and even older. Lagavulin 1993, Mannochmore 1990, Glen Ord 1987, Talisker 1984, Lochnagar 1981, Cragganmore 1973… And there may be even a Port Ellen 1980, bottled to have a good time the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Keep in mind she visited the Distillery that 12 months, as we seen once we first tried that well-known PE 12 yo ‘Queen’s Go to’ that is simply fetched £100,000 (gasp!) plus fee at an public sale this month. Oh, and I virtually forgot to say the Brora, a 1981, however we’d reasonably strive that one on Whiskyfun’s twentieth Birthday, in July this 12 months. Certainly, this awful web site is getting older than a lot of the whiskies we style.
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Anyway, as an alternative of dashing to the ‘stars’ inside this new choice, and as we love to do, maybe is it wise to first strive the, nicely, the smaller stars, such because the Royal Lochnagar of Balmoral. However first, a rigorously chosen sparring-partner (nicely, we had just one untasted Lochnagar within the library anyway).
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A neighbour visiting Royal Lochnagar Distillery in 2018.
‘… And so, would this measurement be a tun then?…’ (image Diageo) |
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Royal Lochnagar 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2021) 
An earlier model, bottled round 2016, was fairly okay in y opinion (WF 79), however I am undecided 2019’s Sport of Thrones version was not an everyday 12 as nicely, underneath a fancier label (WF 80). Color: vivid straw. Nostril: this sense of soaped porridge at first, then numerous mashed greens (potatoes, turnips and celeriacs, maybe?) and reasonably a whole lot of completely unrefined brown sugar, which might lead us to thicker brown ales, with whiffs of bitterer ales within the background. Some fir honey too, ink, outdated magazines, cardboard, we’re virtually inside an Amazon dispatch centre now (all proper)…. Mouth: a reasonably thick texture, beginning with Madeira-like flavours and mustard, inexperienced pears, a definite musty aspect (very outdated white wine), then bitter oranges, some pepper, this little cardboardy aspect once more, an excellent notes of fino sherry. Slightly bittersweet, and there is a little paraffin too. End: medium, extra on ‘fino’, though I am virtually certain there is not a single drop of fino in there. Notes of burnt caramel within the aftertaste. Feedback: actually a singular distillate. It is nice that they might not alter this reasonably dry, old-school model, perhaps is it about to turn into modern once more?
SGP:361 – 80 factors. |
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Royal Lochnagar 1981/2021 (52.5%, OB, Prima & Ultima Third Launch, refill American oak hogsheads, 1,047 bottles, 2022) 
Nicknamed ‘A Duel with the Angels’, this one stemmed from a batch of casks that they had been experimenting with to decrease evaporation (so the angel’s share). Keep in mind Lochnagar is Diageo’s ‘faculty Distillery’, the place some experiments are being executed, though the primary trials could be performed in Menstrie A.F.A.I.Okay. They would not inform at this time, however I bear in mind Diageo had been experimenting with some sort of cling movie, perhaps was that the ‘experiment’ they’re speaking about? In any case, that experiment ‘of some form’ was then stopped – I suppose it failed – however that they had saved among the whisky and transferred it to common oak casks. I additionally bear in mind nicely fairly a number of humorous tales unofficially instructed at Lochnagar (after a bunch of drams) about The Royals at close by Balmoral Fortress and their relations with the Distillery. However shh… Color: straw. Nostril: splendidly all-natural, fairly tight, with inexperienced fruits in abundance, limes and lemons, then reasonably some fudge (vanilla), pancakes and zucchini flower beignets. Chamomile tea, whiffs of an empty outdated tobacco jar, maybe. Upmann jar? Additionally somewhat basil and coriander, we may virtually use this in a (very costly) pesto. With water: fairly mild, comfortable, with much more muffins. Scones, muffins, pancakes… That is virtually the 5 o’clock tea at Edinburgh’s reasonably dusty… Balmoral Resort. Significantly! Mouth (neat): superior, with first some piney notes, liquorice wooden, marzipan, all from the oak I suppose, then extra beeswax and overripe apples. Glorious, if maybe much less idiosyncratically (wow) Lochnagar than the 12. With water: I had feared it could have turn into somewhat drying, it has not. Fruit peel and somewhat cinnamon. End: medium, with some muscovado sugar and a few earl gray tea. At The Balmoral… Orange blossom water and grape pips. The aftertaste is somewhat drying, whereas I used to be about to go for 90 pts. Feedback: thoughts you, this one is 40 years outdated, I am virtually certain because it was bottled in December of 2021.
SGP:461 – 89 factors. |
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Subsequent, both Ord or Talisker, I am hesitating, complete totally different ballpark…
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