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| Hello, that is one in all our (nearly) each day tastings. Santé! |
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Might 16, 2022
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Tormore 10 yo 2010/2021 (57.1%, Watt Whisky, hogshead, 287 bottles) 
‘Rested in an ex-Islay cask’, yet one more new idea, and doubtless the non-public dream of many an previous whisky fanatic. Color: straw. Nostril: the peat is moderately moderato, but it surely feels. Salsify, Jerusalem artichoke, contact of gentian, wild carrots, celeriac, backyard bonfire… You simply can not not consider a lighter Ardmore right here. With water: a bit oilier and extra on lamp petrol, gun oil maybe… Mouth (neat): way more energy, way more expression than on the nostril. This sense of smoked oranges, for instance, plus a bit varnish and mercurochrome. Positively antiseptic. With water: we’re now clearly on Islay. Salt, lemon, smoke, clams. Extra proof that peat’s one ultra-dominant ingredient. End: lengthy, rooty, peaty. It’s ‘a peater’. Feedback: extra Torfmore than Tormore should you ask me, however solely germanistas will perceive this. A little bit of a mutant, or just really a blended malt moderately than a single. Properly made for certain, having stated all that.
SGP:554 – 85 factors. |
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Maybe one other ‘peated’ Tormore
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Tormore 2011/2018 (43%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills, bourbon barrel) 
Certainly this one says ‘peated’. Jean Boyer are one of many pioneers of single malt in France. Keep in mind their former firm ‘Auxil’, whereas additionally fascinated with you, Jean-Marie. Color: white wine. Nostril: these one’s much more Ardmore-ish. Assume peaches and light-weight coal smoke, ripe apples, plus ointments and maybe drops of fino sherry. Sure I do know this was a barrel. Mouth: simply excellent, simple and never that simple, smoky, barely medicinal, with notes of smoked salmon and a bit rosemary, plus just a few brine. The sunshine energy works effectively however I do know Jean Boyer have all the time been good at cautious discount, French-style. By no means in a single go! End: medium, salty. Kippers and capers. Feedback: these in-cask blends stay a bit disconcerting, however ultimately, the end-result (bravo, S.) could be extraordinarily okay.
SGP:453 – 83 factors. |
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Can now we have some correct Tormore please?
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Tormore 30 yo 1988/2019 (42.1%, The Whisky Company for The MaltCask, Hong Kong, hogshead) 
Color: straw. Nostril: there, tobacco leaves, chamomile, williams pears, refined teas (Wulong), asparagus, eggplants, a bit butter, pistachios, touches of suet, peanut butter, sesame oil… This one has bought very tertiary, presumably a bit un-focused, however splendidly complicated, not not like an previous chardonnay. Mouth: meads and honeys, tender sakes, touches of fish oils, previous sultanas from an previous tin field, fish oil, previous mead, calvados… That is very tertiary certainly, and moderately a film than ‘an image’. An ongoing sequence, by no means precisely targeted and coherent (suppose Netflix stuff) however simply lovingly addictive ultimately. End: medium, with a salty contact, plus buttered apple cake and, maintain on, bits of anchovy in brine. Feedback: loco, thrilling, adventurous. Find it irresistible quite a bit, however what occurred to this hogshead?
SGP:562 – 89 factors. |
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Can now we have, I imply, simply cake and fruits?
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Tormore 21 yo 1988/2009 (64.8%, The Single Malts of Scotland, bourbon barrel, 169 bottles) 
An early TSMOS. I do not suppose we have ever tried this loopy one, please fasten your seatbelts. Color: mild gold. Nostril: holy featherless crow! New wardrobe straight from IKEA’s, praline, recent halva, sunflower oil, white chocolate and polish. With water – and with an enormous viscimetry: barley, grist, paper, flour, oatcakes, pancake dough and porridge. Good breakfast. Mouth (neat): powerful and tough at this energy. A bit of glue-ish. With water: there, tight fruits, lemons and apples, jellybeans (solely the lemons), varnish, rhubarb… Nonetheless powerful and tough, regardless of the tiny touches of coconut and vanilla. End: lengthy however actually tart. A muscadet of malt whisky – however certainly, there are a couple of nice muscadets. Feedback: some interesting sides, but it surely remained a tricky boy all alongside. Maybe whisky for whisky lovers who love a combat.
SGP:561 – 82 factors. |
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I feel we’d want this one at this level, after which log off…
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Tormore 10 yo (70 proof, OB, UK, 75.7cl, +/-1970)
That is the UK model, not a type of previous Italian ones for Dreher. Keep in mind, Italy = 43GL or %, which is simply all the time higher than UK’s 70proof or 40%. IN concept. You might need seen the similarities with the previous Laphroaig labels right here, however certainly at the moment, Lengthy John’s Tormore used to belong to brewers Whitbread. Color: straw. Nostril: 70proof or not, there’s some physique right here, a surprising metallic/tropical facet certainly (you can not not consider previous Laphroaig in that respect), and essentially the most flabbergasting honeys and waxy meads you may consider. Very previous Yquem? Superlative ‘lighter’ nostril. Mouth: oh, mangos, honeysuckle, dried jujubes and gojis, dried figs of every kind, plus a nutty, barely smoky smokiness (however in fact) that will remind us of botrytised wines. Who’s talked about Yquem earlier than? End: not that lengthy; expectedly, however splendidly on every kind of dried fruits, together with essentially the most pedestrian raisins. Feedback: nice previous drops that appear to stay a bit unnoticed at auctions. Ha, auctions.
SGP:541 – 89 factors. |
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