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| Hello, that is considered one of our (nearly) each day tastings. Santé! |
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September 12, 2024
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WF’s Little Duos, two
creative extremes of Glenturret
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| The Jaguar Kind C light-weight at Le Mans in 1953 (24 Heures du Mans) |
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| For instance a younger peated whisky – the peated ones, generally known as Ruadh Mhòr, are typically very profitable IMHO – and the most recent Glenturret ‘1953 24 Hours’. Total, it have to be mentioned that among the many present previous Scottish wonders, a number of the ‘decanters’ are a bit like a contemporary Lamborghini, you’d be eager to strive it, however most likely wouldn’t need to be seen driving it. That’s not the case with this Glenturret ‘1953’, with its elegant bottle, naturally signed by house owners Lalique. However let’s begin with a younger peated one, as Glenturret doesn’t actually have any previous peated whiskies… |
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Ruadh Mhor 11 yo 2010/2021 (52.6%, WhiskyJace, Artwork Version, 1st fill sherry cask) 
Beautiful label! However peat and sherry collectively, nicely, one should tread rigorously—it may be magic, or it may be… not. Color: gold. Nostril: smoky and extremely medicinal, nearly like a pharmacy. A bit like aspirin dissolved in water, adopted by a squeeze of lemon and a daring, vigorous smoke. The sherry is taking part in it shy to this point. With water: right here comes that long-anticipated moist chalk. Mouth (neat): beautiful, sharp, citrusy, and vibrant. You’d suppose it was a fino cask, if it actually was first fill. There’s a touch of mezcal right here, paying homage to the peated Glenturrets we’ve encountered earlier than. Mezcal and inexperienced apple. With water: simple on the water now, thoughts. The medicinal facet comes again, together with hints of a sure Islay distillery whose identify begins with an L however doesn’t finish in ‘lin’. Very, very fairly, with the sherry nonetheless retaining a low profile—or maybe it’s completely built-in. End: lengthy, exact, totally basic. Lemon, apple, smoke, chalk, and so forth. Feedback: a pleasant younger peater. I reckon we’d simply have one other peated dram earlier than grabbing a espresso, then a big glass of Perrier, adopted by a big glass of Vittel (Nestlé, the place’s the cheque?) … after which maybe the notorious ‘53’.
SGP: 556 – 87 factors. |
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Ruadh Mhor 11 yo 2011/2023 (54.9%, WhiskyFacile, refill bourbon hogshead, 335 bottles)
This one’s bottled by A.D. Rattray for WhiskyFacile in Italy. Bought to like that be aware on the label: ‘Distilled to be Ruadh Mhor at Glenturret Distillery’. Good, isn’t it? Color: white wine. Nostril: a bit much less peaty, a bit fruitier, primarily on inexperienced apple and equally inexperienced pear. There’s additionally a quite pronounced inexperienced and black olive be aware, which I discover totally pleasant—it’s fairly one thing, actually. With water: identical impression. A contact of damp earth creeps into the background. Mouth (neat): a lot the identical! An exquisite burst of power with these olives nonetheless very a lot on the fore. With water: critically, did they add olives to this? Pretty salinity and, as Romain, the famed sommelier at Lalique (the restaurant), may say, stunning verticality. End: identical once more. Tremendous exact, olives, lemon, apple, smoke. One should bow to it. Feedback: on par with the wonderful 2010.
SGP: 565 – 87 factors. |
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Alright, as we mentioned, espresso, Perrier, Vittel… see you with a brand-new palate after the smoky ones.
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Glenturret ‘1953 24 Hours Winner’ (42.3%, OB, Jaguar C-Kind seventieth Anniversary, 220 bottles, 2023) 
Proper, this one’s a bit tough. Regardless of the identify, it is not from 1953, however quite a vatting of 5 casks, with a minimal age of 32 years—so extra precisely a 32-year-old. Comprising 4 oloroso hogsheads and one PX hogshead, however no previous solera casks in sight. Color: gold. Nostril: merely very good. Winery peaches, wildflower honey, ripe apples, papaya, and mango, with a particular nod in direction of a 30-year-old Sauternes (like 1st Cru Classé Lafaurie Peyraguey, identical house owners as Glenturret) earlier than shifting to tender pine, candy resins, sugared greens, and a beautiful orange sauce (the type you’d serve with duck, naturally). It’s a splendidly ‘gastronomic’ nostril, which can shock nobody. Mouth: an ideal reflection of the nostril, however with extra oomph than anticipated. Honey, wax, peaches, apricots, sultanas, and little cinnamon biscuits. That faint pine bud be aware remains to be current, together with a contact of liquorice wooden. End: not overly lengthy however well-balanced by citrus and orange blossom. A pleasant honeyed aftertaste lingers. Feedback: you may have seen I’ve rigorously averted any low-cost mechanical metaphors.
SGP:661 – 92 factors. |
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