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| Hello, that is one in every of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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June 9, 2025
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I could not inform you why we’ve gathered so many Glentauchers over the previous months or years, I think about some distinguished brokers have unloaded fairly just a few cask heaps onto the market. Not that we’re complaining; a few of them are glorious. And as soon as we’re executed, we’ll put collectively a little bit rating for the quantity crunchers. Proper then, let’s keep it up at random…
4 time Olympic chamion Kjetil André Aamodt (olympics.com)
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Glentauchers 15 yo 2008/2022 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Distillery Label) 
We had sampled the 2008/2023 the opposite day and fairly loved it (WF 85). In idea, this must be very related… Color: pale gold. Nostril: once more we discover a quite vigorous edge, citrusy and on apple peel, in any case brisker than its elder sibling (by a 12 months). Just a few tiny whiffs of geranium blossom, then candied apple, because it rounds out over just a few seconds. Mouth: it’s pretty agency once more, at the very least initially, nonetheless on citrus fruits, lemon fondant, then an amusingly genuine kir profile, thus with Burgundian aligoté and blackcurrant cream from Dijon. It’s actually good and approachable, however with out ever tipping into the simplistic. End: medium in size, a contact of limoncello. And certainly, blackcurrant cream. Feedback: it’s livelier than the 2005/2023, and of the identical excessive calibre.
SGP:651 – 85 factors. |
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Glentauchers 25 yo 1997/2022 (49.1%, Single Malt Desires, bourbon barrel, cask #3870, 165 bottles)
Color: white wine. Nostril: right here we’re handled to a Chablis-like character, with limestone, apple, grapefruit, a contact of recent cement, just a few tiny blossoms (honeysuckle), a touch of blackcurrant bud… In brief, it’s good. Mouth: certainly, a really fairly fruitiness on oranges and melons, that barely chalky aspect, some fruit bonbons, once more a little bit blackcurrant, and quite touches of… white Sancerre this time. How amusing. End: pretty lengthy, fruity and recent, barely jammier within the aftertaste. A whisper of aniseed. Feedback: that is very good and goes down effortlessly. And because it’s a Glentauchers for Norway, we will thus name it ‘Kjetil André Aamodt’.
SGP:651 – 87 factors. |
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Glentauchers 14 yo 2009/2023 (54.4%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 155 bottles)
Maltbarn have had some very good 1997s. Color: white wine. Nostril: we discover once more that chalk, dough, apple, lemon and yeast combo we’re so keen on. Lemon cream, delicate inexperienced tea. With water: just a few mint leaves, chalky soil, cider apples. Mouth (neat): pretty taut fruitiness, with extra spice this time, round candied ginger, with some quite sudden sultanas for an ex-bourbon. Then once more… With water: the water relaxes the barley and citrus; we drift in the direction of grapefruit in barley syrup and lightweight honey. End: medium size, returning to orchard fruits, apples and pears. Feedback: glorious younger GT, recent and basic.
SGP:651 – 86 factors. |
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Glentauchers-Glenlivet 10 yo 2009/2019 (59.9%, Cadenhead, Genuine Assortment, bourbon hogshead, 330 bottles)
Color: straw. Nostril: it’s the identical whisky because the Maltbarn. In fact it’s not precisely the identical, however I guarantee you, you’d be onerous pressed to inform them aside. Which is on no account a nasty factor. With water: similar once more. Mouth (neat): similar once more, an identical profile, maybe just a bit extra lemony, tangier. With water: similar once more. End: similar once more. A faint contact of English ‘Champagne’, filled with grapefruit. Feedback: I feel for those who added some sugarcane syrup, you could possibly trend your self a top-class ‘limoncello’. However don’t take that as a advice, thoughts.
SGP:651 – 86 factors. |
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Glentauchers 24 yo 1996/2020 (49.7%, Asta Morris, bourbon, cask #AM139, 186 bottles) 
I need to admit we barely dithered with their 8-year-old final time, however this must be a special story. Color: gold. Nostril: fruit salad, together with unique fruits, drizzled with a little bit runny honey. Bananas, mangoes, apples, pears… All that is exceedingly charming, which, in these occasions, turns into all of the extra a uncommon advantage globally, no? Mouth: magnificent, with just a few drops of Sauternes from a effective château becoming a member of in, a contact of quince and mirabelle liqueur (they typically go collectively), the remainder consisting of that exact same fruit salad and, let’s be trustworthy, a really faint Clynelish-esque word, with beeswax. End: the citrus fruits make a comeback, tightening the whole lot up at simply the suitable second. Feedback: magnificent, brushing up towards perfection. Bravo, grasp of the little frogs!
SGP:651 – 89 factors. |
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Glentauchers 11 yo 2013/2024 (57.2%, Hogshead Imports for Chichibu Whisky Matsuri 2025, refill barrel)
Color: straw. Nostril: very, very faint smoky and medicinal touches that maybe stem from the cask’s earlier contents, with a slight Ardmore-like character, then apple, rhubarb, pear and greengage compotes, together with ferns and mint… An amusing profile. With water: the banana, pear and pineapple trio emerges, therefore amyl diacetate. Be cautious for those who’re out in nature; bees understand these molecules as threats (I’ll clarify in the future), so greatest to keep away from. Mouth (neat): this time we’re nearly solely immersed within the extravagant fruitiness of younger Glentauchers. A family-sized bag of jellybeans, with a predominance of the lemon ones. With water: pear Williams liqueur in full swing and nonetheless tonnes of jellybeans. End: lengthy, ultra-fruity. Juicy Fruit. Feedback: a cracking creature, this younger Glentauchers. As for the cask’s earlier contents, I’m nonetheless pondering…
SGP:651 – 87 factors. |
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Glentauchers 19 yo 2002-2005/2024 (57.1%, Decadent Drams, 1st fill bourbon and 1st fill sherry, 138 bottles)
The bi-vintage Whisky Sponge model was superb final time. It wouldn’t shock me if we had been in related territory right here, as the identical vintages had been used. Amusing surrealist label, barely Dali-esque, or Chirico. Color: gold. Nostril: quite extra advanced than the others, you possibly can sense that the mixing has introduced one other dimension, even when maybe a little bit of precision has been traded for complexity. One should know what one needs in life, mustn’t one? Cigarette tobacco, ripe plums, a contact of leather-based, furnishings polish, Brazil nuts, peppermint, rumtopf, bergamot… However do word, all of this stays recent and vigorous. With water: fermentary notes emerge, bread, scones, a really slight hint of tar, mint… Mouth (neat): on the palate we’re a lot nearer to a purer fruitiness, on citrus, rhubarb, whitecurrant, pink peppercorn (Timut)… With water: now all mushy and mild, on meadow honey. End: similar. Beautiful little pears and properly ripe plums. Feedback: each variations are finally fairly shut, even very shut when tasted aspect by aspect, however I’ve a desire for this one. Hey, that’s my prerogative!
SGP:661 – 89 factors. |
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Glentauchers 17 yo 2005/2023 (55%, Whisky Sponge for La Maison du Whisky, Decadent Drinks, New Vibrations, 1st fill sherry, cask #900402, 300 bottles)
The Arc de Triomphe on the label can solely spur on this French taster additional. Color: gold. Nostril: inevitably extra compact than the multi-vintage bottlings, however we additionally take pleasure in these extra serene profiles, on sultanas, mirabelle jam and papaya juice. And that’s it. There’s even a stunning bourbon-like aspect for a 1st fill sherry, although it’s definitely not the primary time that’s occurred. With water: dandelion honey. Sure, really. Mouth (neat): for those who like mirabelles and pears, this one’s for you. With water: the Williams pear takes much more of a lead. Which is okay, it’s one of many kings of fruits (not simply durian, ha). A bit of raisin roll supplies some welcome assist. End: good size, pretty stewed fruits, Alsatian-style fruitcake of the ‘beerawecka’ kind… effectively, you would possibly see what I imply. Feedback: there’s a straightforward, apparent allure right here, which after all we drastically take pleasure in (as we too are simple and apparent, oh sure).
SGP:641 – 88 factors. |
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Subsequent time, one closing flight of Glentauchers earlier than shifting on to one thing else.
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