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August 23, 2021
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We’re occurring with our exploration of Diageo’s new Prima & Ultima sequence and shall maintain giving them a tough time. As a result of, as you realize, triumph with out peril brings no glory (mentioned Corneille in Le Cid). This time it will be Mortlach, beginning with a correct sparring-partner from the exact same classic.
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Mortlach Distillery
(Anton Lecram)
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Mortlach 25 yo 1995/2020 (45.8%, Le Gus’t, sherry butt, cask #157, 285 bottles) 
Le Gus’t have acquired fairly a repute inside just some years. You will even have seen that this child’s been bottled at a slightly Taliskerian energy (proper, 80 British proof). Color: deep gold. Nostril: this one’s very intriguing, with slightly large mushrooms and resinous woods at first, which is somewhat horrifying I agree, then the blackest burnt molasses and numerous Asian sauces, teriyaki and such. It might then show extra chestnuts (roasted) and cigars, previous polished leather-based, and definitely some sort of glutamate-y, virtually sulphury, earthy and rooty umaminess. Which needs to be fairly Mortlach, even when many Mortlachs nostril fruitier and extra floral. Massive boy, if not a complete beast (of Dufftown) but. Echoes some early batches of the Flora & Fauna. Mouth: bone-dry oloroso, on baggage of leather-based and tobacco, previous walnuts, bitter chocolate, then chestnut honey and lots of roasted nuts. Bitter caramel, and lastly, much more tobacco, with hints of cinnamon and cracked pepper. End: medium, very dry, harking back to a really previous dry Madeira, Malaga or one thing. Slightly quite a lot of black tea too, particularly within the aftertaste. Some salty bouillon as effectively, and certainly umami and extra chestnut honey. Feedback: that is Mortlach as within the books! Spectacular, if somewhat austere: I prefer it actually quite a bit, it is a traditional traditional (you do not say!)
SGP:362 – 89 factors. |
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Mortlach 25 yo 1995/2021 (52.4%, OB, Prima & Ultima, 701 bottles)
This child from a single oloroso/PX-seasoned butt that matured on the Distillery, in warehouse #3. I have no idea (but!) how they’d have made these double-seasoned casks, had been they seasoned twice, or did they combine PX and oloroso beforehand after which deal with the butt with that bespoke combination? Color: gold. Nostril: very Mortlachian and, unsurprisingly, near its sibling, with this dry, tobacco-like earthy begin on the nostril, dried mushrooms and hardwoods, pinewood too, dried meat (Grisons, bresaola), cocoa powder, roasted chestnuts and actually a sense of black earth. Some small oranges within the again but it surely stays a dry Mortlach when undiluted. With water: first somewhat menthol, then pine needles, earth, dunnage, cigars and marmalade. Pumpernickel and dried meat. One other one which’s epitomically Mortlachian, in my humble opinion. Mouth (neat): so near its sister! Perhaps somewhat drier but, with much more tobacco, leather-based, cocoa, and on the fruit part, slightly stewed damsons. Peppered and clove-y marmalade coming late. With water: there, extra sweetness, oranges, black cherry jam, canine rose tea… And certainly some sweeter bouillon and that notorious umami. Some chocolate too, marmalade, Jaffa truffles… End: slightly lengthy, with an oakiness that is extra noticeable, fairly some black tea, cinnamon… The aftertaste is somewhat drying, in my humble opinion. Feedback: slightly marvellous, just a bit much less brilliant than the Le Gus’t (which wasn’t a brilliant whisky, however there).
SGP:362 – 88 factors. |
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