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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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September 7, 2021
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Summer season Duets
At this time Macallan NAS |
| No age statements right here so we want ‘the blurb’. I imply the accompanying literature, to seek out one thing to say about these two infants that we could not attempt earlier than. Did you ever discover that whiskies and not using a correct age or a classic assertion have a tendency to return with extra (typically unlikely) tales? |
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Macallan ‘Lumina’ (41.3%, OB, Quest Assortment, 2017) 
I agree we must always have tried this one earlier, appears prefer it’s bought out. Evidently this expression was ‘grounded within the outdated world however impressed by the brand new’ as a result of they made use of each European and American sherry-seasoned casks, all that in accordance with the again label. Not my enterprise in fact however I doubt any of David Ogilvy’s successors have been engaged on this concept. In any case, this should not be a tribute to the Chevrolet Lumina. Color: pale gold. Nostril: noses comparatively younger, with whiffs of oak and sherry certainly, stewed cherries and plums, damson liqueur and chocolate, then quite extra toasted oak. A contact of earth and a touch of hay too, plus yellow flowers. Not earthshattering however nice. Mouth: nice arrival, with extra stewed fruits and a floral feeling, nevertheless it tends to turn out to be grapey, with bitter(ish) raisins and an excessive amount of oak spiciness, geared in the direction of outdated tea within the outdated teapot. The center is a bit of disagreeable. End: not a lot, on extra black tea and oak spices, with a curious sweetness (Haribo’s mini rainbow frogs, not that in style in France, opposite to what you would be pondering). Feedback: I am afraid that Lumina wasn’t very luminous, similar to this very depressing pun.
SGP:341 – 76 factors. |
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Macallan ‘Idea Quantity 2’ (40%, OB, 2019) 
‘A fascinating expression impressed by the similarities within the inventive approaches of crafting whisky and creating music.’ Proper, at 40% that will be chamber music. I hope they’ve bought greater than ten bottles to French talking international locations altogether as a result of the way in which the phrase ‘idea’ is designed right here simply would not work too nicely. Undecided it really works in English both however in French, you first learn ‘Fool’ (con). David Ogilvy, please resurrect! Having stated that, possibly did they attempt to go Dadaistically arty or one thing like that. Color: mild gold. Nostril: fairly comparable, with a mild sherriness and one thing barely eau-de-vie-ish, maybe as a result of that is younger, then with quite extra dried fruits, dates, figs, raisins, prunes, then sponge cake, chocolate and marmalade. That is proper, Jaffa desserts. It is all quite mezzo piano, if not piano. The 40% vol., I suppose. Mouth: quite fatter and brighter than the Lumina at first, nearly mezzo forte for a number of seconds, however a lot steam is misplaced then and it will go all the way down to pianissimo. Scones and English tea with a mocha-spoonful of marmalade. End: quick, whispering, thank God not too drying and tea-ish. Good earthiness and sherry. Feedback: I imagine all of it went diminuendo, nevertheless it’s quite not dangerous in my e book. I am positive it will have deserved saxophones. I imply, 45% vol or extra.
SGP:451 – 80 factors. |
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