A mature, gentle and reserved Imperial expression, packed full of well aged fruit and wood with a focus on deep citrus zest. 91/100
Imperial 22 Years Old 1998 Monologue (52.1%, Chapter 7, Bourbon Barrel #104355, 218 Bottles, 2020)
Auchentoshan 22 Years Old 1998 Monologue (51.8%, Chapter 7, Bourbon Barrel #100155, 199 Bottles, 2020)
A rather fruity and touch waxy expression, lovely tropicality on the palate give away the age here. 88/100
Fettercairn 22 Years Old (47%, OB, 2020)
Fettercairn 22 Years Old whisky review: A deliciously sweet expression that really plays on Fettercairns core distillate flavours balanced against classic white oak ex-Bourbon maturation. Tropical fruits and syrup meet vanilla and wood spices resulting in a whole cake-shop of dessert-like flavours. 89/100
Caperdonich 22 Years Old 1997 (60.5%, LOTG Bourbon Barrel #19130, 171 Bottles, 2020)
Caperdonich 22 Years Old Whisky Review: A real cake of a dram, there is some tropical fruit notes and plenty of tannic oaky spice which reveals its age. Coupled with that odd acidity and over tannic oak I can’t help but be reminded of mango balsamic vinegar. 91/100
Glenury Royal 22 Years Old 1976 Connoisseurs Choice (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, 1998)
Glenury Royal 1976 Connoisseurs Choice (Bottled 1998) Whisky Review: Hard to put into perspective, perhaps a slightly disappointing dream dram. Subtle in character and maturation but then that made these G&M classics so affordable. Still two big ticks off of my list in both distillery and vintage. A reminder that these pearls (rather than gems) can be found at sensible prices in many whisky bars. 84/100
Glen Elgin 22 Years Old 1995 Celebration of the Cask (53.4%, Carn Mor, HH #3208, 280 Bottles, 2018)
Glen Elgin 22 Years Old 1995 Celebration of the Cask whisky review: Zingy and fruity but with masses of vanilla and cream added, slightly sour but with a distinct latte coffee-like note. 86/100
Glen Elgin 22 Years Old Batch #2 (48.2%, TBWC, 434 Bottles, 2018)
Glen Elgin 22 Years Old Batch #2 whisky review: Quite spirit led, with a massive fruity sweetness and some drying oak wood or sawdust, a good range of fruits though not quite as tropical as I might have hoped from the age of this one. 85/100
Blended Whisky #2 22 Years Old Batch 3 (41.8%, That Boutique-Y Whisky Company, 1650 Bottles, 2019)
Blended Whisky #2 22 Years Old Batch 3 whisky review: A great blended whisky full of caramel, chocolate, fruit and nutty toasted barley flavours.
Strathmill 22 Years Old 1991 Berrys’ (51.2%, Berry Bros & Rudd, #2451, 2014)
Strathmill 22 Years Old 1991 Berrys’ whisky review: Showing its age with subtle signs of overipe and bordering on tropical fruit influences and also that trace of Highland/Speyside peat that seems to have dropped out of use/favour over the next couple of decades at least apart from now novelty “peat weeks” of distilling before the silent season and necessary equipment cleaning. 85/100
Glen Moray 22 Years Old 1995 35.214 Without Pretence (55.7%, SMWS, 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, 221 Bottles, 2018)
SMWS 35.214 Without Pretence review: Sadly a good example of the numbers on the bottle just not adding up for me. Amazingly ethereal for a 22 year old whisky. Too old to boast much Glen Moray character, too under-active cask to display much flavour anywhere really. Nothing wrong with it, but not much to write home about either. 80/100
