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| Hello, that is considered one of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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October 19, 2022
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One other wee session that does not make a lot sense, besides that each names begin the identical (how intelligent, S.), whereas we’ve not bought any correct (which means sufficiently old) sparring companions for any of these. However we’ve no disgrace in any respect, so we’ll merely pair these two… What’s extra, each locations are in Aberdeenshire.
({photograph} Colin Smith)
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Lochside 40 yo 1981/2022 (49.2%, Gordon & MacPhail, Personal Assortment, The Recollection, refill sherry hogshead, 141 bottles) 
We’re in Montrose this time, and who says Lochside says Ben Nevis, and proprietor Joseph Hobbes nicely earlier than the Spanish firm DYC purchased Lochside and launched a barely lacklustre official 10 years previous. Colin Ross advised us many humorous tales about Joseph Hobbes, particularly how he would have delivered casks to non-public jets, proper underneath the noses of excise officers. We’ll inform you different humorous tales later… Color: deep gold. Nostril: solely Clynelish might compete, there, I mentioned it. Superb mint + tropical fruits mixture, plus pine needles and heather honey. I am going to say no extra, Lochside is one other identify that would make us cry. Nicely, possibly I am exaggerating a bit… With water: toasts and cigars, cherry wooden, humus;, stewed vine peaches… Mouth (neat): fruit bomb alert. Some oak for positive, some tea tannins as nicely, however you can not beat this very good mango-y arrival. Add stewed bananas and a little bit cedarwood that is including some dryness… With water: not that water was wanted, however this saltiness, sardines, anchovies, olives… Nicely they simply come sudden. End: medium, on a fruit salad, plus natural teas and as soon as once more a salty contact. Feedback: chic Lochside, it is simply that the St Magdalene and the Glen Mhor in the identical collection had been much more to my liking (and amongst 2022’s utter stars for positive).
SGP:661 – 91 factors. |
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Did not we are saying a Lochnagar?
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Royal Lochnagar 42 yo 1978/2020 (48.1%, OB, Cask of Distinction, for Gareth Christopher, American oak hogshead, cask #722, 90 bottles)
An especially uncommon bottle that even these tax evaders at Google (bang, web page rank additional down) don’t appear to search out. However it’s actual! Color: gold. Nostril: it is already gone to the opposite aspect, however what a stunning aspect, with mosses, fern, many mushrooms, ceps, kumquats, cedarwood, previous books, pinecones, and actually many herbals teas, from chamomile to cinnamon and thyme. A really previous bottle of chartreuse, gunpowder tea… And maybe elves… The opposite aspect certainly. Mouth: it is inverted. I imply, generally, very previous whiskies could stay vibrant on the nostril, and dry and woody on the palate. Quite the opposite, I am discovering this palate quite brisker, even when some previous oak begins to really feel, with cigars, previous teas… However there are additionally citrons, lemongrass, combava, guava, citron eau-de-vie (we have tried some ‘Cédrat’ by Brana the opposite day, it was very good)… Briefly, this previous Lochnagar remained very a lot alive. A bit oaky for positive, however completely alive. End: no modifications, simply extra natural teas, maybe rosehip? I am additionally pondering of cherry stem tea, which I simply adore. Evidently it is quite massive in Beirut. Poor Beirut… Pickled lemons within the quite rugous aftertaste. Feedback: we typically name these ‘mental malts’. A little bit pretentious, maybe? Technically 89/100, however it’s a 42 years previous Lochnagar, a pretty Distillery that sits very close to to Balmoral Fort as you very nicely know. So, given what occurred there only some weeks in the past, and since there are/had been solely 90 bottles, that’ll be…
SGP:461 – 90 factors. |
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