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February 11, 2025
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WF’s Little Duos, very younger indie Tullibardine and fairly some pink wine
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I actually don’t know if this can final, given the huge new manufacturing capacities in Scotland, however lately we’ve been seeing the emergence of very, very younger malts, boosted by hyperactive casks, usually wine casks. Most had been launched as NAS (No Age Assertion), notably by the distilleries themselves, who had been reluctant to surrender the income related to a 12- or 15-year-old age assertion. Nevertheless, a couple of courageous impartial bottlers didn’t hesitate to show the ages—a apply we discover extraordinarily trustworthy and interesting. Listed here are two examples…
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Tullibardine 5 yo 2015/2021 (51.7%, Silent Ambassador, Port Pipe, cask #105, 270 bottles) 
A Belgian indie bottling. I suppose if the ambassador was silent, it wasn’t a model ambassador, was it (love you all!) Color: someplace between partridge eye and onion pores and skin. Nostril: a lot drier than anticipated, marked by leaves and grape stalks at first, then inexperienced pepper, earlier than blood oranges, bitter cherries, and blackcurrants make an look, adopted by marshmallows. Additionally, black olives carry a faintly ‘soiled’ facet, harking back to a grimy martini—yep. With water: tomato vegetation and cherry stems, plus clafoutis. Mouth (neat): wealthy and fruity, on cherry beer and inexperienced pepper. It’s a relatively winey cocktail, however fairly satisfying. With water: extra on grape stalks, grape seeds, orange peel, and beer bitters… End: pretty lengthy and nice, with star anise, cinnamon, and much more cherries coming by way of. Feedback: a beautiful concoction, I have to admit, even when it feels a bit like a super-fortified Port for malt lovers. You’re proper, no level in doing issues midway.
SGP:661 – 82 factors. |
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Tullibardine 7 yo 2015/2022 (64.4%, Whisky Navi, first fill Burgundy barrique, cask #656393, 255 bottles) 
This time it’s an impartial bottler from South Korea, the place they now additionally produce glorious malts… True Korean ones. From a Burgundy cask, and offered it was pink wine, it ought to certainly exude cherries… Color: golden with copper tones. Nostril: a number of marzipan, a contact of black cleaning soap, morello cherry cake, a little bit of very fruity tomato sauce, and a few very ripe orange… We’re transferring even additional away from traditional malt whisky territory, however it’s not disagreeable. With water: little change, apart from a touch of rubber and the addition of Xmas cake. Mouth (neat): extremely explosive at 64.4%, filled with black pepper and really ripe cherries. And hooray, no creepy crawlies as you usually discover in ripe cherries. Rapidly, with water: actually fairly good, I feel everybody has made nice progress with pink wine finishes, even when it’s nonetheless removed from my favorite mixture. Lengthy gone are the times of these early Port Ellens with Pomerol and Laphroaigs with Port that left us crying rivers. End: very lengthy, well-balanced, extra on blackcurrants. Feedback: I feel in the event you add ¾ of a recent Chardonnay or higher, Aligoté, you’d get a relatively pretty malty Kir. Consider me in the event you strive that recipe, received’t you?
SGP:651 – 84 factors. |
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In fact, one would possibly say that, since pink wine is wealthy in polyphenols which might be helpful to our well being, this type of ending can solely improve the therapeutic profile of your wee dram. Proper. However let’s not neglect what the famend Dr Swan acknowledged throughout a convention at EuroMedLab a couple of years in the past: “Analysis has proven that there are even higher well being advantages for individuals who drink single malt whiskies. Why? Single malt whiskies comprise extra ellagic acid than pink wine.”
Effectively, this all appears a bit far-fetched, doesn’t it? Let’s agree on that. And I definitely don’t need to find yourself in jail for publishing this kind of declare! Dr Swan was, in spite of everything, a famend guide for… the whisky enterprise. However in these instances of triumphant post-truth, is this type of element nonetheless essential?
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