Glen Garioch 21 yo 2003 / 2024 Decadent Drams 55.1%
I like and admire this distillate but admit it can be challenging at younger ages. When mature it has a saline and mineralic character that could well be the poster … Continue reading
Caol Ila 12 yo Bulloch Lade 43%
Not to be slept on. Can I say fresh? Yes it’s old Caol Ila. Dripping with earthy phenols, dry roots, tar, black industrial greases and buckets of soot. But it’s … Continue reading
Aberlour A’bunadh Batch 45 issued 2013 60.2%
A familiar sort of profile, sherry over Speyside, but where you expect eloquence and richness, here the Aberlour feels rather firm and standoffish. Its a forced marriage it seems and … Continue reading
Highland Park Magnus label Gordon & Macphail 70 proof
Turns out to be one of the sherried ones. I find a sticky jam with wrinkled purple fruit covered with plenty of dark honey and cocoa. And glace persimmons. Also … Continue reading
Mortlach 23 yo 1972 / 1996 Rare Malts 59.4%
This one is from a time when Mortlach seemed to me to have less meatiness and more of this lovely dried wax polish on burnished dark wood, medicinal camphor, thin … Continue reading
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