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| Hello, that is one in every of our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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November 29, 2021
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One other good journey across the whisky world |
| There’s extra, as everybody’s making whisky nowadays, and earlier than we are able to attempt Diageo and Pernod’s Chinese language malt whiskies to come back – I suppose we’ll have to attend for ten extra years a minimum of – let’s have wee infants from smaller nations, ranging from France, as we love to do. |
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Alpenglow 2015/2021 (40%, LMDW, Model Française, France, cask #20, 396 bottles) 
From a single cask, this child from a Distillery I had simply by no means heard of earlier than, though, after some fast analysis, it appears that evidently this has been sourced from Lorraine (Rozelieures, in all probability) and bottled at Distillerie du Dauphiné, which is known for his or her beautiful Mandrin (see WF, November 3) . So just about some non-producing distillery stuff, as they generally do within the USA or in Eire. It is also been completed in Pineau des Charentes, which is a mix of grape juice (should) with cognac. Color: salmony gold. Nostril: slightly scorching, with a sense of ex-PX whisky, many raisins, a barely grappa-y aspect, some blood oranges, kirschwasser, then a sooty smoke and a few sauna oils. Uncommon. With water: dough, raisin bread, strawberry jam, cherry jam (the black Basque ones from Itxassou). Mouth (neat): typical ‘sherried’ peater, with dissonances and plenty of bitter cherries however in the long run of the day, it sort of works. Some inexperienced peppercorns, Szechuan pepper, bell pepper, then chestnut honey and muscovado… With water: a sense of spritz, even Campari, retsina, pine resin… End: reasonably lengthy, on the identical reasonably piney flavours and with reasonably much less pepper. Gingery aftertaste. Feedback: I discover it fairly good and what’s positive is that it labored, regardless of slightly unlikeliness right here and there.
SGP:661 – 81 factors. |
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How about taking a prepare to Slovenia?…
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Damaged Bones Whisky 3 yo (46%, OB, Slovenia, 100 bottles, 2021)
Some Slovenian oak has been used, which is just pure as they do have grand-cru high quality European oak in Slovenia. The title of the distillery, which is situated in Ljubljana, comes from the truth that one of many companions broke a leg whereas they had been making their first batches. Cool wee thought, fairly Dada. Color: white wine. Nostril: it’s a advantageous, mild spirit that captured a number of the oak’s most piney flavours. A sense of gingerbread, wee herbs (woodruff), caraway, maybe slightly dried turmeric powder, all that on a mattress of apples. No quibbling to be performed this far. Mouth: good certainly, mild, flawless, with as soon as once more a reasonably piney/spicy oak and a few herbs. Melissa (roughly – nicely solely previous followers of the band Curved Air will perceive), lemon zests, some all-purpose natural tea (for sleep, bones certainly, sight, stamina, coronary heart and, nicely, your romantic life as they are saying in adverts), a average vanillaness and possibly some notes of melon. End: medium, extra honeyed. Allspice. Feedback: do not rush this one, it is stuffed with charms should you take a while, when you would consider it is slightly too easy should you attempt it hussar-style.
SGP:551 – 82 factors. |
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Maybe to the brand new whisky subcontinent, Scandinavia?
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Excessive Coast ‘Altitud’ (46%, OB, Sweden, for SAS, 98,580 miniatures, 2021) 
A batch solely for SAS a.ok.a. Scandinavian Airways System. Did they have in mind the truth that whisky tastes very in a different way whenever you fly? Or is that this truly for SAS’s first-class lounge? Let’s attempt it should you please… By the way in which, this has been largely matured in, not Slovenian, reasonably Hungarian oak. It’s a miniature, I do not assume full bottles exist (or just for SAS pilots, ha). Color: gold. Nostril: not a really daring distillate however a sooty/bready aspect certainly, with notes of focaccia, semolina and polenta, then gueuze and pear cider, mead and slightly beeswax, beeswax being proper up my alley, as at all times. Mouth: there is a sort of sooty rusticity at first, then apple juice, extra gueuze, slightly piney oak certainly, plus touches of root greens, maybe uncooked celeriac. Love that. End: medium, a tad earthier – which takes the biscuit since that is alleged to be an airline whisky (S., please…) Pretty herbs, verbena, some gentian… Feedback: reasonably a fan I’ve to say. Might now we have these on Air France too?
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Bimber 12 yo ‘Apogée XII’ (46.3%, OB, England, 2021) 
A Bimber can’t be 12 already, however certainly this appears to be ‘crafted from choose malt whiskies and enhanced via extra maturation in ex-Bimber oak casks’. Jogs my memory a little bit of the Cardhu/Cardow case from just a few years again however then once more, they do not have the SWA in England, do they. Color: gold. Nostril: that is mead, or reasonably honey eau-de-vie, so distilled mead certainly, blended with some croissant dough, panettone, pine nuts biscuits and pistachio nougat. It is bought this fermentary aspect that I simply at all times get pleasure from, nicely certainly this can be very meady. Mouth: similar plus orange cordial, orange bitters (do not say Aperol please) and numerous honeys. And as soon as once more a fermentary aspect that is not removed from that of some thick Belgian beers that they age in oak. Some ginger too, some cigarette tobacco, bitter oranges, chestnut honey, walnut wine… End: reasonably lengthy and actually on a mix of mead and trappiste beer. Perhaps drink this with an English reinterpretation of carbonade flamande. Feedback: wonderful even when reasonably for lovers of honey and mead. Rely me in.
SGP:552 – 88 factors. |
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Whereas we’re in England…
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Oxford 2017/2021 ‘Heritage Corn Whisky’ (50.4%, OB, Grain Tales)
As a Frenchman I discover it slightly stunning that while they’re in Oxford, they might have used the wording ‘corn’ over ‘maize’. Or is it simply one other consequence of Brexit and of some new alliances? (tsk tsk)… Color: deep gold. Nostril: nicely, that is oak-aged gin, no? We’re extraordinarily removed from another types of corn/maize spirit, which might are usually a lot lighter, gentler, and admittedly extra silent than this spicy, very fragrant concoction that, to be trustworthy, I might reasonably like. So gin, slightly lavender, slightly ginger, in good custard and fudge. With water: similar, plus some angelica and horseradish. Mouth (neat): excellent, if nonetheless slightly on oaked gin. Violet liqueur (parfait amour) aged in oak, with just a few staves made out of pinewood and an excellent quantity of ginger and turmeric thrown in. Plus lemons and ginseng. No awful candy popcorny maize in sight. With water: similar, only a tad sweeter certainly. Nice work with the wooden. End: reasonably lengthy, a tad perfumy, in a great way. A wee contact of N°4711. Feedback: I may quaff this whereas studying The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. I am joking, corn it’s!
SGP:571 – 85 factors. |
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Off to Ontario for our remaining stopping level…
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J.P. Wiser’s 22 yo 1998/2021 ‘Smaller Hero’ (64.5%, OB, for LMDW, Ex Libris, Canada, blended, refill casks, 1428 bottles) 
Not too positive about what ‘Smaller Hero’ means however I discover the title charming, in a whisky world the place loopy hyperboles and deeply inflated monikers are frequent foreign money. Color: deep gold. Nostril: maintain on, that is an eau-de-vie, non? Blueberry, maybe, or blackberry, no? Add to that every one the candy maize that was not within the Oxford Corn and reasonably loads of cellulosic varnish. Now at 64.5%, higher transfer on… With water: vanilla cream, fudge and butterscotch everywhere. Hazelnut liqueur as nicely, however no eau-de-vie this time. Mouth (neat): very candy, apparently. Pancake sauce at 64.5%, howdy world! (as an previous Macintosh would have stated). With water: jogs my memory of some Scottish grain whiskies, this has simply extra oranges, Fanta, orangeades… End: not too lengthy, with touches of buckwheat this time. Oh by the way in which subsequent time we do such a journey we’ll kick it off with some Eddu (buckwheat whisky). Mild oranges and vanilla within the aftertaste, with a sense of mimosa (1 half orange juice, 2 components champagne). Feedback: excellent, simply not completely my most well-liked type. Ought to this be your most well-liked type, you may adore it to dying.
SGP:531 – 83 factors. |
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