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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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September 20, 2022
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Birthday session,
previous Linkwood vs. very previous Linkwood
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There’s fairly some younger to middle-aged Linkwood round, many actually good, however previous ones have gotten uncommon, even when Diageo had an excellent 1981 ‘Prima & Ultima’ final 12 months. What’s certain is that the information of one other previous surprise from Gordon & MacPhail’s is all the time of maximum curiosity.
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| Bugatti Sort 35 1925 (Artcurial) |
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By the way in which, we hope they will have a super-rare previous Laphroaig for the coronation of king Charles III subsequent 12 months, even when we’ve not seen any Laphroaig from G&M’s since… the mid Nineteen Eighties! Or we’ve not been paying consideration! Oh and that is my birthday, I am turning 42 proper at this time (and I can hear you). .
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Linkwood 1988/2021 (47.5%, The Whisky Jury, refill hogshead, cask #2334, 176 bottles) 
Color: white wine. Nostril: one other one which got here from a wonderfully shy previous refill cask, apparently, with as a lot ‘fashionable know-how’ as there was in a 1927 Bugatti. I am getting whiffs of rose petals, which I will all the time attempt to discover in Linkwood since Michael Jackson as soon as wrote that roses had been amongst Linkwood’s most important markers. I’ve to admit I’ve not all the time been profitable in my quest, however cheers Michael-in-the-sky! Fantastic moist limestone, sourdough, inexperienced gooseberries, damp plaster, granny smith, paraffin and crushed grapes. Traces of elderflowers and vernal grass, wild thyme, hay… That half is completely great and may solely stem from an ideal previous refill cask (give me a break along with your ‘knackered previous wooden’ factor). Mouth: and voilà, what was within the nostril is within the palate too, these tart gooseberries and granny smith apples, this natural facet, extra paraffin, one thing clearly bitter as if it was a correct caipirinha (with virtually no syrup in any respect), coriander, even wee gherkins, cardamom… It will are likely to turn into just a little extra-sour and bitter, having mentioned that, however nothing extreme. End: splendidly acidic and bitter, quite on peel and the tightest cider apples. A wee inexperienced tannicity within the aftertaste. Feedback: within the quite powerful class of the quasi-90s.
SGP:461 – 89 factors. |
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Linkwood 50 yo 1971/2021 (42.4%, Gordon & MacPhail, Personal Assortment for The Single Malt Store, refill American oak hogshead, cask #98011203, 166 bottles) 
50 years could be very previous however 1971 is fairly current, no? Time actually will get elastic nowadays… Color: brown amber. Nostril: too quick. Why ought to even the inattentive taster perceive inside a fraction of a second that the whisky is completely superlative? All that due to previous crème de menthe, previous myrtle liqueur, tiger balm and small figs, one of the vital good equations? Add previous pinewood (a chalet within the Alps – chances are you’ll drop the fondue) and a few type of sweeter moussaka. Cooked eggplants for certain. In fact it’s a little totally different from most of G&M’s different ‘previous wonders’, maybe due to a quite decrease pure power than typical? Oh and appears like I forgot to say skinny mints. Mouth: pine (wooden, needles) just isn’t all the time nice information when it is there proper within the arrival, however on this case it’s, since you even have the impression that somebody got here at evening and poured one or two demi-johns of mid-1800s cognac into this hogshead, whereas everybody together with the guard cat was at sleep. Which generated a sense of previous rancio, peach jam, additionally previous Bénédictine and Yellow Chartreuse. I used to be about to additionally point out previous moutai. Background: many tiny natural and bouillony notes, miso, soy sauce, leek, mushrooms, ransom… End: medium, quite rounder (raisins, figs, dates), then on tiny savoury issues and substances. A pinhead of hoisin sauce and a few chocolate sauce. Feedback: completely splendid, with an exquisite ‘reductive’ facet, marrow, porcini, ‘solera-type’ sauce base…
SGP:561 – 92 factors. |
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