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| Hello, that is one in every of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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October 1, 2021
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Particular Releases Particular, immediately Royal Lochnagar
It is not simply the Distillery that is closest to the Royal playground, Balmoral Fortress, it is also Diageo’s ‘college distillery’. A captivating go to, oh I so fondly bear in mind the beautiful time we had there with the good Donald Renwick, the previous Supervisor (additionally Lagavulin and a number of other different distilleries). The malt itself just isn’t simple to come back by, past the official ‘blue’ one and only a few restricted releases right here and there. Oh and past outdated bottles of John Begg ‘Blue Cap’, Lochnagar’s personal mix that you may generally discover at auctions.
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Royal Lochnagar 12 yo ‘Sport Of Thrones Home Baratheon’ (40%, OB, +/-2019) 
I feel we’re about to be completed with these GOT bottlings. Thoughts you, we would have liked two entire years to sort out them. As for the ‘homes’, I nonetheless do not know who had been the nice guys and who had been the villains, I am afraid I am missing whole items of recent tradition. How unhealthy is it, physician? Color: straw. Nostril: I am discovering this wee musty and mashy aspect that is not unusual within the common 12 as I bear in mind it (which I have never acquired on the tasting desk, sadly), additionally somewhat damp cardboard, newspapers of the day, ale, cider and somewhat coal smoke from an outdated range. A little bit old-school, I might say. Additionally whiffs of plasticine. Mouth: begins properly, with good physique and fairly some ripe apples and pears, in addition to plums, however the dry mustiness tends to take over, with extra cardboard once more, gray pepper maybe, somewhat leather-based, bitter oranges, some drying ashes… The 40% vol. make for an apparent handicap right here, this old-school model may have a barely greater voltage. End: slightly quick and dry, grassier, it is not gaining any factors right here. An surprising saltiness within the aftertaste. Feedback: fairly good juice in reality, with even some points that remind me a little bit of some leathery Mortlachs. Would like to strive one with extra energy… Which is about to occur. Is not it wonderful how life works out?
SGP:361 – 80 factors. |
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Royal Lochnagar 16 yo ‘The Spring Stallion’ (57.5%, OB, Particular Launch 2021, Untold Legends) 
This model new one stems from American oak and European oak refill casks. Traditional ‘cask invoice’, fairly most likely our favorite mixture. Color: straw. Nostril: oh, thanks, that is virtually precisely what we had simply requested, the model of the 12 GOT with extra oomph. Identical mashes, beers, ink, papers, cardboard, outdated books, grass, these whiffs of coal smoke (not peat), however then additionally contemporary fruits this time, slightly round our beloved greengages, cider apples, gooseberries and even sloe. With water: some gentler vanilla, apple pie, elderflowers, honeysuckle… It is fairly spectacular to note to which extent water rounded it off. Mouth: glorious! Very vertical, tart, ultra-lemony, you’d swear somebody’s distilled chenin blanc – and bottled the top consequence immediately. No, really, the consequence could be a lot sweeter than this. With water: excellent, salty but once more, with extra bready tones, even perhaps somewhat rye bread, with touches of fennel and anise seeds within the background. It is actually an ‘personal model’ that you simply would not fairly discover wherever else. Jogs my memory of these glorious crystallised fruits that good makers would usually sprinkle with just a few salt grains. End: medium, excellent, dry however with good ‘sooty’ fruits, limes and grapefruits. Tart aftertaste, that is good. Feedback: I imagine Lochnagar ought to have its say inside the comity of characterful malt whiskies, however bear in mind it is a slightly small distillery; a beautiful one!
SGP:362 – 87 factors. |
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Hope we’ll handle to strive some new Lochnagars earlier than the top of this decade ;-).
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