| |
Dwelling
1000’s of tastings,
all of the music,
all of the rambligs
and all of the enjoyable
(hopefully!)
Whiskyfun.com
Assured ad-free
copyright 2002-2021
|
 |
|
| Hello, that is one in every of our (nearly) each day tastings. Santé! |
| |
|
| |
| |
|
November 3, 2021
|
|
  |
|
|
One other quick journey world wide (a-round the wo-orld)… |
| Let’s preserve exploring the whisky world from WF Towers, ranging from… France, naturally. |
|
|
Mandrin 2015/2021 (57.7%, La Maison du Whisky, France, Model Française, cask #3609, 256 bottles) 
Mandrin was a well-known French robber and smuggler who used to roam the nation within the 18th century. It’s also a particularly uncommon French single malt made by brewers Brasserie du Dauphiné. As nearly all French whisky makers do, quite a lot of wine wooden is been used, which I all the time discovered slightly pointless however no less than, we do certainly produce wine in our expensive little nation. Color: gold. Nostril: it’s the sort of good trendy cask-driven malt whisky that each nation is now making, from Australia to Norway. I imagine we should always name all of them ‘Jim-Swan-Heritage’ whiskies. Some delicate ginger and pepper, raisins, vanilla, gingerbread, mead, cassata, bananas flambéed, dried figs, extra raisins, somewhat sultanas… With water: water additional pushes it in direction of raisinness, you might nearly imagine that is marc aged in oak. Mouth (neat): let’s be trustworthy, this is excellent, this little Mandrin does certainly rob your tongue and your entire palate. Raisin rolls, gingerbread, thick candy beer, chestnut liqueur and honey… There certain is a few heaviness however no single apparent flaw. With water: similar. Raisins, candy beer, figs, dates, gingerbread, puréed chestnuts… End: of fine size and with comparable flavours. Feedback: flawless and faultless raisin-driven malt whisky. Let’s be trustworthy, it is extraordinarily good and pitfalls have been prevented.
SGP:651 – 86 factors. |
 |
 |
Milk & Honey 2017/2020 (57.2%, OB, Israel, personal cask for Steven Winston, PX hogshead end, cask 2017/150)
Each time I am attempting Milk & Honey I am considering of Milk & Alcohol by Dr. Feelgood, whom I noticed stay within the Seventies – with Wilko Johnson, in case you please – right here in my city (the help band was The Police). Proper, we have got fairly a couple of M&H in ready, which simply makes us completely satisfied. Color: gold. Nostril: very first thing first, the PX didn’t take over and that is completely not some gingered raisin juice. Second, brioches and different pastries are main the pack, together with raisins rolls in fact, which simply works. These notes of candy pumpernickel do work too, focaccia as nicely, honey-covered maize bread ditto, and anche amaretti. Very nicely balanced at barely 3. With water: menthol popping out, which simply all the time works. Pine resins too. Mouth (neat): well-boosted trendy younger malt whisky, with similarities with the Mandrin, particularly so far as all issues raisins and gingerbread go. This one’s slightly spicier and oakier, although. With water: excellent, spicier, not excessively so, rounded, somewhat simple, honeyed, with as soon as once more good gingerbread. End: lengthy and whereas the finishes are normally the weaker spots with nearly any very younger whiskies, that is not the case in any respect right here. Beautiful candy spice combo. Feedback: once we say age does matter, that by no means signifies that we’d like previous age in whisky, that solely signifies that we have to know concerning the age of the whisky, be it solely 3. In different phrases, the actual motto would somewhat be ‘realizing the age does matter’. Cheerio.
SGP:651 – 85 factors. |
 |
|
|
Oxford Rye Whisky #003 2017/2021 (51.2%, OB, England) 
Made by some very cool individuals (as I may discover out at The Whisky Present London) though completed in ‘Moscatel de Setúbal’ casks. Oh nicely, why not… Color: gold. Nostril: we’re not in whisky territory, however that is not what’s vital, as that is extraordinarily fragrant, sitting someplace between some high-end aged gin and a few purer American rye whiskey. A whole lot of ‘good’ cleaning soap (rye) and lavender, rose petals, gewurztraminer, litchi, and but a bready basis, all the time welcome. I am nonetheless a fan this far… With water: extremely floral and fragrant. Maybe extra for city mixologists? Mouth (neat): maybe a tad thick and candy to a whisky freak, and definitely fairly uncommon, however as quickly as you open your thoughts and neglect about any whiskiness, you begin to take pleasure in this barely thickish candy lavender and violet-driven concoction. The moscatel certain wasn’t shy. With water: the rye’s inherent soapiness coming to the entrance. End: lengthy, perfumy. Feedback: enjoyable stuff, very nicely made, I would fortunately purchase a bottle or two, even when this is not precisely ‘whisky’ in my very own foolish previous guide. Ginsky, maybe?
SGP:750 – 82 factors. |
 |
|
|
Amrut 2015/2021 ‘Peated Madeira Cask’ (60%, OB, India, Taiwan unique, first fill Madeira hogshead, cask #4710) 
Pricey Amrut! Love the concept of a ‘peated Madeira cask’, there’s one thing barely Dadaistic to that. Or, you are proper, surrealistic. Color: amber. Nostril: peat-smoked bacon, actually. Hearth, creosote… With water: extra bacon and creosote. Slightly unlikely, maybe… Deep-baked mustard-coated ham. Yep. Mouth (neat): thick, creamy, with some sulphur, quite a lot of lime, curry, dried mushrooms, black tobacco (Gauloises), mustard and olives, a sense of consuming earth… With water: sulphur to the entrance. Not too certain… End: somewhat lengthy, with this odd feeling of smoked strawberries and cherries. Feedback: has its apparent charms however this one’s not fairly for me, I am afraid. Too inventive, maybe (and sulphury)…
SGP:472 – 72 factors. |
 |
|
I feel we have to keep in India…
|
|
|
Amrut 2014/2021 ‘Calmly Peated’ (60%, OB, India, La Maison du Whisky, ex-bourbon, cask #1405, 150 bottles)
Color: reddish amber. Nostril: this gentle smokiness goes nicely to Amrut’s fragrant richness, this time we’re somewhat considering of pomegranate jam, peonies, slightly recent rubber, lime tea, tomato jam, ylang-ylang… However certainly, at 60%, let’s not burn our poor nostrils. With water: great notes of cedar wooden and rum, lemongrass, spearmint, sandalwood, inexperienced oranges… Mouth (neat): oh good! The mixture right here somewhat leads us to Trinidad and Tobago, to Caroni, to wealthy olives, to fermentary notes, even to bacterial ones… Are we lifeless certain nobody’s misplaced a stencil or one thing? Maintain on, are they retaining observe of their casks with a Macintosh? Have they only, uh, err, ‘upgraded’ its working system? With water: somewhat great regardless of some extra assertive resinous woodiness (spruce). End: somewhat lengthy, recent, with touches of coriander seeds and cardamom. How very Indian certainly. Lemon marmalade and Szechuan pepper within the aftertaste. Feedback: phew! A really pretty bottle, nicely dealt with, nicely imagined, well-conceived, and simply very good.
SGP:464 – 87 factors. |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
