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| Hello, that is considered one of our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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January 8, 2025
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We’re experiencing a slight delay with our third Longmorn session, however we’ll publish it in just a few days. Within the meantime…
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Quirky Little Duos: lastly, an innovation on Whiskyfun!
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WF’s Quirky Little Duos,
right now Dalmunach vs. Imperial |
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The form of duet that’s reasonably loosely outlined—purely for enjoyable and a little bit of glory. Right this moment, as an example, we’ll be evaluating a Dalmunach, which changed the Imperial Distillery in Carron after its demolition by Pernod Ricard, with a malt nonetheless produced on the latter. Don’t fear, we’re not going to search for any so-called “terroir” impact linked to the distilleries’ places—particularly since our Imperial is of course fairly just a few years previous (the distillery closed in 1998 and was demolished in 2013), whereas the brand new Dalmunach solely started to make a reputation for itself in 2014. A minimum of, that’s, I imagine, the official line—however I’ve already tasted some from 2013, ahem.
It’s additionally price noting that the house owners reused a very good variety of supplies from Imperial throughout the development of Dalmunach.
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Dalmunach 7 yo 2016/2024 (58.4%, Dràm Mor, 1st fill Buffalo Hint barrel, cask #670, 254 bottles) 
Already a superb age and a bourbon cask, which ought to permit us to type a clearer impression of Dalmunach’s malt. Color: white wine. Nostril: one of the vital floral malts I’ve sampled in current months, with loads of wisteria and honeysuckle, adopted by easy dandelions, earlier than the profile shifts in the direction of yellow fruits and contemporary brioche, all wrapped in vanilla custard. With water: cassata and custard in beneficiant proportions, with hints of buttery pears and chardonnay. Mouth (neat): highly effective and wealthy in fruits and charred oak, with fudge in every single place and butterscotch piled on prime, then IPA (very citrusy hops) and really contemporary honey. Fairly a little bit of cinnamon from the cask. With water: nicely, this is superb certainly, reasonably basic total however vibrant and refreshing. Beautiful notes of verbena and genepy. End: lengthy, extra peppery, with zest, pink pepper, and custard. The aftertaste is extra peppery. Feedback: I believe the very early Dalmunachs had been too younger and considerably boring, however already final yr we tasted a shocking Watt Whisky that was extremely spectacular.
SGP:651 – 85 factors. |
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Imperial 33 yo 1990/2024 (52.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, The Recollection Collection #3, refill American oak hogshead, cask #9825, 63 bottles) 
A really small launch in G&M’s sequence honouring closed distilleries. Till pretty not too long ago, G&M had been nonetheless providing some pretty classic Imperials underneath their ‘distillery labels’. Beware, this might be an actual fruit bomb… Color: darkish gold. Nostril: it’s the time spent in cask that speaks first, with pine buds and wooden varnish swiftly adopted by contemporary almonds and kirsch. Then come important oils (thyme, mint, rosemary) and unique fruits, dominated by very ripe mangoes, virtually ‘petrol-like’ in case you see what I imply. In any case, that is very good. With water: as usually with G&M, the whisky turns into fairly opaque after water is added, indicating pretty minimal filtration. That stated, the profile modifications little, remaining magnificent, resinous, and fruity, with a barely oriental contact (loukoumi, mint tea, and pine nuts). Mouth (neat): an ideal mirror of the nostril, with distinguished woodiness paying homage to pine and bitter almonds, but very nicely built-in with stewed fruits and mentholated and aniseed spices. Very curious to see what water does on the palate. With water: as soon as once more, not a lot change, although citrus notes and Sichuan pepper make an look alongside the remainder. End: pretty lengthy and even fruitier, whereas fruity notes usually fade within the end, I imply elsewhere. Blood oranges, hints of cedar and tobacco, then a return of pine buds. Feedback: an impressive dialogue with the cask. A disgrace there have been solely 63 bottles—if solely that they had been double-magnums!
SGP:661 – 92 factors. |
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I promise you’ll be able to sense a kind of kinship between the Dalmunach and the Imperial, particularly across the fruity notes. Don’t they are saying the apple by no means falls removed from the tree? (You’re exhausting, S.)
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