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| Hello, that is one in every of our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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October 11, 2021
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Let’s have two good older triple-distilled juices whereas ready for the brand new Distillery’s first drops. I am going to need to ask distinguished house owners Ian MacLeod about their present schedule… Within the meantime…
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Rosebank 21 yo ‘The Roses – Fascination’ (49.5%, Specialty Drinks for The Whisky Alternate, Version 5, Madeira cask, 633 bottles, 2021) 
This child, based on the fantastic retro label, is meant to be ‘for contemplation’ and to ‘change from sip to sip’. This collection is launched yearly to have fun Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), which might solely please me (LOL). Naturally, as Rosebank Distillery closed in 1993, this current bottling can not fairly be 21 years outdated, that is in all probability a matter of London coquetry or one thing. Color: gentle gold. Nostril: you are feeling the Madeira upfront, which is far more nice than you’d consider. Some type of candy mustard sauce combined with sultanas, I might say, however Rosebank’s citrus does the cavalry, with pink bananas, tangerines, viognier, younger Sauternes after which a drop of chartreuse. Nutshell: beautiful! Mouth: punchier than you’d have anticipated, with as soon as once more these notes of Madeira sauce, a bit of leather-based, tobacco, some saltiness, then the lemons chime in, along with orange blossom honey, earl gray, cane syrup, maybe curaçao, jelly infants and fairly some lemon curd. Pretty ‘nervous’ sweetness which jogs my memory of some correct riesling vendanges tardives. End: medium, on just about the identical flavours and a few barely spicy/salty honeyness within the aftertaste. Feedback: you would have questioned why one would have buried a Rosebank beneath Madeira. The reply may be: it wasn’t actually buried.
SGP:651 – 90 factors. |
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Rosebank 30 yo 1990/2020 ‘Launch 1’ (48.6%, OB, refill casks, 4350 bottles)
It’s quite implausible that the brand new house owners might collect sufficient outdated Rosebank to have the ability to launch such a big batch of 30 yo. Color: gold. Nostril: it truly is the ‘Fascination’ minus the Madeira. Which signifies that it could be a tad much less complicated, however however this pristine natural citrusness is simply amazingly contemporary, and pure certainly. Just a little fennel, aniseed, rhubarb, cider apples, oranges, gooseberries after which simply vine peaches. Oh and citrons (, cédrat, cédratine and stuff) and pure fresh-pressed cane juice. Mouth: simply good, vertical, all on lemons and granny smith, then these vine peaches once more. Relatively oily mouthfeel. I would not say it is rather complicated, however it is rather good, nearly summary, transferring very elegantly. Some mobile-whisky by Alexander Calder, maybe. End: medium, ultra-clean, that is nearly some type of greatest limoncello on the planet. Or there, a type of Limoncello spritz (limoncello, cane syrup, Perrier and actually plenty of champagne). Feedback: in all probability some of the spectacular uncomplicated distillates in Scotland, simply the other of the opposite nice Distillery within the Lowlands, the sorely missed St Magdalene.
SGP:651 – 90 factors. |
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