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| Hello, that is one in all our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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September 14, 2021
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Summer season Duets
New previous and
previous previous Blair Athol |
| We’ve got a keenness for Blair Athol. As a result of we first visited the distillery a very long time in the past, as a result of there’s some good meals round, as a result of there’s/was Robertson’s of Pitlochry within the neighbourhood, due to Edradour, due to the Keeper’s banquets, due to the Moulin… And since the Distillery’s picturesque, and since it may be an excellent dram. Let’s discover two of them… |
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Blair Athol 32 yo 1988/2020 (48.7%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 96 bottles) 
All the time these beautiful labels with true proprietary paintings. Color: mild gold. Nostril: ooh sunflower and sesame oils, stewed rhubarb, granny smith, Grüner Veltlinger (no actually, and I imply actually), touches of chalk, bergamots, inexperienced gooseberries, crushed mistletoe, pine needles, parsley… It is one other uncommon profile, extraordinarily elegant for my part, contemporary as a stroll within the woods after a heavy bathe, with even touches of miso and savoury issues that often come from sherry. Not on this case. Mouth: time. This will solely come from correct getting old, with many delicate gentle resinous flavours, many tiny citrus fruits, wee herbs, a sense of gin fizz, maybe even, okay I dare, pisco bitter… It is actually lovely, maybe a wee tad fragile right here and there however that is virtually an asset. End: medium to brief, however delicate, with extra beautiful citrus, many by no means tasted earlier than. Put up-yuzu kinds for contemporary cooks? Lights honeys too and a bit beeswax. Feedback: a Bach suite, actually. Very delicate, very elegant.
SGP:641 – 90 factors. |
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Let’s discover a loopy previous one…
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Blair Atholl 23 yo 1966/1990 (57.1%, Cadenhead for Dival di Gabri, dumpy) 
You can discover a number of such 1966s at 57.1%, I might suspect it was a big vatting that is then been proposed below numerous liveries, together with the basic black dumpy, the tall bottle cream label, and this dumpy cream label for Italy, even when it says ‘Particular Particular person Cask Bottling’ on the label. And certainly it says ‘Atholl’ and never ‘Athol’, in true Cadenhead style. Relabelled in Italy? Imported unlabelled? Let’s depart murky waters when you do not thoughts… Color: lighter gold. Nostril: we’re not that removed from the superior Maltbarn, we’re truly fairly shut, with these delicate, refined notes of tiny yellow and white fruits, these flowers (honeysuckle and elderflowers), some shoe polish that wasn’t to be discovered within the 1988 (however usually to be encountered in these dumpies), orange blossom, woodruff, touches of fennel and celery… Really a outstanding, very delicate nostril, precisely what you’ll have anticipated from a Midlander within the previous days. With water: sameish, with a bit paraffin this time. Clearly a ‘black dumpy’ so far as the profile’s involved. Mouth (neat): proper, that is the place issues turn out to be sophisticated. There’s one thing clearly metallic that should not fairly be right here (iron, silverware, aluminium) however that is not obligatorily off-putting, in any other case a fairly resinous growth that will lead us to… natural shampoo for boomers? Apart from that, oranges abound and handle to maintain this humorous combo afloat. In brief, it’s a little deviant and easily a bit soapy, however that is virtually a part of this ‘fashion’. A little bit Jägermeister too. With water: water works very effectively however the wee soapiness stays there. End: good size, with a bit salt and a few pine resin, plus pepper. Feedback: cautious with these previous dumpies, even when this isn’t one of many oldest. An incredible dram however will it nonetheless be fortunately drinkable in, say 2030? 2040? In idea, ‘collectors’ ought to now let these being reconditioned in normalised bottles with correct coated glass and top-notch modern sealing. However that would not be too romantic, would it not? Except you like iron and cleaning soap…
SGP:462 – 86 factors. |
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