Lagavulin 12 yo 43% ~ green glass
After the clear glass white label before the white horse modern bottle. Deeply phenolic in a thousand gentle ways. Gentle because it is miles removed from today’s beefy simpleton of … Continue reading
Port Ellen 1983 / 1997 Scotts 56.9%
Juicily oozing wet and earthy peat. All dripping with black oil, well on its way to becoming coal. Dirty minerals and seaweed tangled flotsam. Moist suede, damp with oil, glowing … Continue reading
Auchroisk 10 yo 40% 90s
Because there is still much to love or regret, let’s hope its the former. Well, it’s not bad. Nice dry loamy earth, cracked pepper, there’s a mashy vegetal quality to … Continue reading
Caol Ila 20 yo 1975 / 1996 Rare Malts 61.12%
Classic 70s Caol Ila, which may come as a shock if you’re not expecting this razor sharp saline and glowing minerals. Thin but pungent smoke from a relatively cleanly burning … Continue reading
Springbank 19 yo 1972 46%
Overripe pears and oranges, fruit and fresh sea air. But its Springbank. Engine oil, musty wet earth, drops of kerosene, wet ropes, the tiniest hint of bungcloth. An earthy rooty … Continue reading
Mortlach 19 yo 1991 / 2011 Signatory #7712 46%
Mortlach 19 yo 1991 / 2011 Signatory #7712 46% Meaty stuff, totally expected, with a touch of blackberries and sooty struck matches, but also softer notes of honey, hearty oat … Continue reading
Glenlivet 35 yo 1976 / 2011 Cadenhead 57.3%
Sometimes called Minmore in the past. This one manages an overload of wood but without the heavy oak lactones that can block out the good nuances of oak. We have … Continue reading
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