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| Hello, that is one in all our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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September 19, 2024
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We’re very keen on Glengoyne, which has remained “unhurried since 1833.” The story of the highway that marks the boundary between the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland, working proper between the distillery and the warehouses, has at all times struck us. The distillery is thus within the Highlands, whereas the whisky matures within the Lowlands. It is at all times a enjoyable reality to share, although I ought to in all probability test if it is nonetheless true.
In 2002, Glengoyne ran this print advert highlighting the truth that their malt was air-dried slightly than peat-smoked… Relatively like an ‘outdated’ Porsche, with the 911s having given up air cooling in 1998. It at all times gave us a little bit of fun (in a good-natured method)
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Glengoyne 24 yo ‘White Oak’ (47.8%, OB, 1st fill bourbon and virgin oak, 2024) 
‘White oak’ is American oak, after all. I suppose they use this designation to distinguish it from ‘sherry wooden’, although most sherry casks are additionally constructed from American oak. Irrespective of, it’s a beautiful identify. I do recall Glengoyne’s very uncommon ‘Scottish oak’ bottlings— a observe few might keep, given the shortage and twisted nature of Scottish oaks. Color: gold. Nostril: you possibly can actually really feel the brand new wooden right here—recent sawdust, peppermint, and citrus from the virgin oak, adopted by a beneficiant serving to of coconut and a few slightly expressive elderflowers. There’s additionally broom within the combine, with a backdrop of recent varnish, vanilla, and maybe even a contact of rye, little doubt from the bourbon casks. What’s shocking is that, regardless of the wooden taking the lead (white oak certainly), it’s very fulfilling, even considerably spectacular. After a couple of minutes, some mashed potato notes creep in. Mouth: related impression—wood-forward however recent and fruity, primarily on citrus. It doesn’t seem to be the barrels had been overly charred. A lot of inexperienced tea and sawdust, with that pencil shavings observe that generally exhibits up. End: lengthy, leaning in the direction of closely brewed black tea with two slices of lemon as an alternative of only one. However no milk, thanks very a lot. Feedback: you actually get the sense they needed to showcase the oak itself, which is sort of uncommon. This unusualness makes scoring difficult, as we lack clear references. Let’s go together with the blogger methodology 3.0—‘do I prefer it or not’. Properly, I prefer it.
SGP:670 – 86 factors. |
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Quantity two will in all probability be the precise reverse…
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Glengoyne 16 yo 2007/2023 (52.5%, Asta Morris, sherry, cask #AM124, 249 bottles) 
Must be a fast one, particularly with a cask quantity beginning with AM (no hassle, inside joke). Color: gold, so probably not 1st fill. Nostril: Brussels sprouts, walnuts, bitter chocolate, tobacco, a contact of leather-based, a small handful of raisins and dates, then a splash of ras-el-hanout and an amontillado edge. It’s like stepping right into a bodega in Jerez, actually – maybe it is first fill in spite of everything. Mouth: good, tobacco and walnut wine with a touch of orange sweets within the background. The ras-el-hanout returns, together with that leather-based and cigar observe. There’s a beautiful bitterness, paying homage to one thing Italian, like Fernet-Branca. End: a lot the identical, although a lighter, extra delicate fruitiness emerges. Jogs my memory of the lemon syrup the old-timers in Alsace would add to their bitter (amer) of their beers. Feedback: I really like that very dry, virtually austere profile (which is slightly un-Belgian, however by no means thoughts). Oh, and did you discover we haven’t even talked about soccer?
SGP:371 – 88 factors. |
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