Glenburgie 20 Years Old 1995 Signatory Vintage whisky review: A very woody and fruity/tropical number – a great drinker with chocolate coated peanuts, wood, walnut and leather over fruit and cereal. 85/100
Glen Keith 20 Years Old 1992 Closed Distilleries whisky review: Starts beautifully and I had high hopes this was a great drinker at 58%, however the strength belies and oddly perfumed nature on the tail end which was just a little too floral for my palate. A sploosh of water helped! 78/100
Bunnahbhain 20 Years Old 1997 Palo Cortado Finish whisky review: A delightful expression, plenty of sweet vanilla suggest plenty of ex-Bourbon maturation before the final Palo Cortado finish. I loved this plenty of buttery nut and coffee notes but without too much of the chocolate that can come from PX or occasionally Oloroso casks. An expression well-deserving of being the pinnacle of Distell’s 2018 limited releases. 93/100
BenRiach 20 Years Old 1997 Cask #4437 single malt scotch whisky review: A great mixture of dried orchard and fresh tropical fruit, old wood enlivened with some zesty gingery spices. A lovely example of a 20 year old BenRiach and full ex-Marsala wine cask maturation. 89/100
Blair Athol 20 Years Old 1997 Connoisseurs Choice Whisky Review: A juicy, sweet and fruity expression with touches of citrus and exotic spices, mouth watering. 86/100
SMWS 3.307 A journey into joy whisky review: Quite harsh, over matured, too woody and tannic and far too strong cask influence – the peat is almost non-existant. Once the tannins have beaten your palate the end result is like licking a bar of lavender impregnated coal tar soap. A less joyful journey than the name implies. 80/100
Preferred at full strength, full of that lemon citrus I associate with Glen Ord spirit, there is a good mixture of both spirit and cask characteristics in here but perhaps spirit wins out a little. Water changed this but not to my liking. 83/100
Jura One And All Whisky Review Category: Island single malt scotch whisky Origin: Isle of Jura Distillery Bottling: Emperador; Whyte & Mackay ABV: 51% Cost: £122.45 What they say: A few miles […]
Pacory Calvados Domfrontais 20 ans Review: Super-smooth, fruit juice then wood carried on oils, full of herbal tannins and utterly delicious – this reminded me of eating apple sauce before a mouthful of sage-wrapped roast pork – that brilliant combination of flavours that whilst strong all work so well together and somehow become greater than the sum of its parts. 94/100
Pittyvaich 20 Years Old 1989 Special Release Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Pittyvaich distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 57.5% Cost: £115.00 What they say: Distilled in 1989 then aged […]
