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| Hello, that is one among our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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Might 22, 2022
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A phrase of warning
Let me please remind you that my humble assessments of any spirits are executed from the viewpoint of a malt whisky fanatic who, what’s extra, is aboslutely not an knowledgeable in rum, brandy, tequila, vodka, gin or some other spirits. Thanks – and peace! |
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Beginning with a relatively bizarre outdated apéritif that we had been having deep in a deep field.
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Van Der Hum (31%, OB, South Africa, +/-2000) 
Glups, for a few years, that’s to say since I received this bottle, I have been contemplating this was ‘Van De Rhum’, so rhum, so rum. Seems like I used to be fallacious as soon as extra, as apparently, that is really a liqueur made with brandy, tangerines and herbs. Briefly, that is something however rum. Bah, since we opened it… Color: pink brown. Nostril: it is just about cola liqueur. Lemon, cola, caraway, ginger, juniper. Emphasis on cola and lemon. Why not!? We’re speaking correct cola soda, from a correct glass bottle. Mouth: like it. Sure, Serge talking. Deep colaness, ginger and caraway, lemon and grapefruit, fennel seeds, liquorice, morello cherries, wormwood… The natural half has been crafted with artwork and talent – South African monks, I might suppose? End: lengthy, not too candy provided that it is a liqueur, with an superior citrus and all herbs and spices singing in unison within the aftertaste. Feedback: whenever you do whacky drinks, there are moments like this. Hope Van Der Hum nonetheless exist – and that they are doing double magnums. Sure, Serge nonetheless talking.
SGP:670 – 86 factors. |
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Good, let’s do rum, randomly…
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Foursquare 15 yo 2005/2021 (58%, Distilia, The Golden Age of Piracy, Barbados, cask #105, 262 bottles) 
The golden age of piracy, that is proper as we speak, no? Bezos? Zuck? Tim? Color: deep gold. Nostril: typical, partly columny (aromatic peonies, dandelions) and partly heavy (cane honey, millionaire shortbread, blond turon…) Some varnish too, water is required. With water: whoops, water relatively locks it. Hay, crushed canes… Mouth (neat): a sense of cabinetmaking (no matter) and actually a great deal of varnish. Water’s greater than wanted right here, it is essential. With water: grassy and bonbony. Reminds of these lollipops that the Mexicans are making with agave juice (and, err, worms-that-are-not-worms). Inexperienced pepper. End: lengthy and grassy. Not simple. Feedback: certainly, this one was curiously grassy and austere. Excellent – it’s Foursquare in spite of everything – however I am not too positive.
SGP:361 – 82 factors. |
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Versailles 15 yo 2003/2019 (57%, Milano Rum Competition, Guyana, 270 bottles) 
This was bottled by our good mates in Milano to have fun the fiftieth anniversary of the primary moonwalk. Good thought, that is how we’re all strolling anyway after we have had a great few Demeraras… Color: mild gold. Nostril: this Versailles was distilled at Diamond. It is stuffed with gasoline, spent engine oil, and simply paraffin. With water: olives chiming in, some seawater, outdated boats, clay, tar… Mouth (neat): big, salty, ashy, bitter, relatively excessive. Considerably within the fashion of some Clarendons. With water: received it! Grapefruits, olives, the bitterest liquorice, tar, and simply seawater. Say the Mediterranean (pushing this a wee bit now). End: very lengthy, salty, with the same old ‘plastic wax’ part and a few tinned English gherkins within the aftertaste (God save the Queen!) Feedback: completely glorious, if somewhat excessive and a tad too unpolished for somebody who stays primarily a whisky fanatic.
SGP:464 – 88 factors. |
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Have not we simply talked about Clarendon ?
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Clarendon 14 yo 2007/2021 (58%, Sansibar and Shinanoya, Jamaica, barrel, 304 bottled) 
So a Germano-Japanese bottling. Beautiful label, by the best way. Keep in mind Clarendon is Monymusk, and conversely. Color: deep gold. Nostril: some Clarendons have been somewhat too excessive to me, nearly like if you happen to would simply crunch peppercorns. This one does show relatively numerous varnish and acetone at first nosing, additionally benzine, then relatively crushed bananas and strawberries. Fruity molecules toying with us! With water: extra sugarcane, orange cordials, caraway, liquorice and clove. You’d nearly imagine somebody’s added just a few bottles of Jaeger to this cask, whereas nobody was watching. Mouth (neat): very heavy, extraordinarily tarry and stuffed with varnish and even salt. A sense of potassium. Very excessive affect, not in contrast to different Clarendons that I may strive lately. With water: nonetheless very big. Black olives, very tarry liquorice, cedar shavings, high-strength peppermint liqueur… End: very lengthy, even saltier and olive-y. Retains biting you within the aftertaste. Feedback: I discover these extra brutal and, maybe, unbalanced than most Hampdens or Worthy Parks, however inside this harder, ultra-dry fashion, it positive is a finer instance…
SGP:275 – 84 factors. |
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Undisclosed Nicaragua 16 yo (55.3%, Pattern X, 247 bottles, 2021)
This child by Kintra and The Whisky Mercenary. Most likely from Compañia Licorera (Flor de Caña). Color: mild amber. Nostril: on the different finish of the spectrum, as that is extraordinarily comfortable and candy, but not precisely ’empty’. Beautiful whiffs of fresh-roasted peanuts, pancake sauce, little sugar eggs, comfortable molasses, milk chocolate, espresso liqueur… With water: relatively varnish and recent sawdust coming out. Pencil shavings. Mouth (neat): actually candy, with an oak that is bringing a big a part of the flavours, particularly vanilla, toasted cake and nougat, in addition to cinnamon and nutmeg. With water: just a few acidic touches (grapefruits, orange drops) and an oakiness that retains main the pack. End: medium, with some orange peel and extra fruit drops. An oaky bitterness within the aftertaste. Feedback: an excellent one inside a method that is not precisely a part of my favourites.
SGP:650 – 81 factors. |
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West Indies Rum Distillery 14 yo 2007/2022 (58%, Plantation Excessive, Barbados, 2856 bottles)
I am unsure I’ve actually understood but why these should be completed in ex-cognac wooden, nevertheless it’s true that this one’s older brother, the current WIRD 1986/2022 from Plantation’s, has been very a lot to my liking (WF 91). Color: gold. Nostril: a really mild one, it appears, nearly Cuban-style. Hay, yellow melon, a really tiny drop of brine, a touch of vine peach (from the cognac casks?)… With water: some grassiness, in any other case a lot lightness. Mouth (neat): orange wine aged in oak, with somewhat varnish, curaçao, cane juice… With water: identical. All issues oranges and sugarcane working the present, with sides reminding me of French rhum de sucrerie – or rhum industriel. End: medium size. A bit aniseed. Feels 100% ex-column, however I would wish to double-check that half. Correction, there’s some batch-rum within the combine. I would not say that feels a lot. Feedback: fascinatingly near the Nicaraguan, only a tad grassier.
SGP:650 – 81 factors. |
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Please, a heavier one… However a thriller at this level.
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Caroni ‘Workers sixth Launch Mix #4’ (66.8%, Velier, LMDW, Trinidad, +/-2022?) 
Acquired to like this ‘workers’ collection that is reminding us of Bruichladdich’s personal efforts again within the 2000s. Having stated that, we’ve not received any photos of this one but, all we all know is that this label is ‘inexperienced’. Ought to we get extra data, we’ll ammend acordingly. Color: amber. Nostril: oh, smoked nougat and chocolate! Plus the same old spent engine oil, tarmac, olives, menthol and liquorice. All as anticipated. With water: why is that this nostril this sensible? We’d like a proof! Apparently, somebody’s smoked some all-vitamin fruit juice. Mouth (neat): extraordinarily thick, however even at this insane power, that is totally sensible certainly. Pink bananas, guava juice, liquorice and diesel oil, completely synchronised. With water: will get piney and tarrier, and doubtless a tad much less fruity. No problemo. End: extraordinarily lengthy, which ain’t too good for our wee session. Loss of life seat after this one! Feedback: a monstrous Caroni. You’d have thought the very best casks had been bottled a very long time in the past. So, both that was not true, or they’re very dangerous at checking casks. I might lean towards the primary possibility. Now we have to see a bottle…
SGP:663 – 92 factors.
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