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| Hello, that is one in every of our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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July 18, 2025
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A mini collection of significantly
boosted Brackla
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Little doubt this can be an journey, as at the least the official ones, like their mates over at Aberfeldy, could be completed in some quite surprising casks. In brief, we’ll see what’s within the stash…
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Royal Brackla 10 yo 2014/2024 (46%, James Eadie, first fill barrel and refill butt, casks #1598-303564, 1155 bottles) 
We had tasted a wonderful 2013 in the identical sequence (WF 87). Color: apricot. Nostril: curiously winey to start with, with poached peaches in crimson wine, stewed cherries, strawberry jam… However the place on earth is that coming from? Thoughts you, it’s most pleasurable, particularly as we then veer off in the direction of Battenberg cake (like), chocolate mousse and rosehip natural tea. Amusing and really nice, with vanilla showing slightly afterward. Mouth: these stunning winey notes return on the palate, although much less pronounced, along with blood orange, bay leaf, cherry stems tea, and a touch of ginger tonic… End: identical composition lingering for fairly a while, with a barely bitter aftertaste (Seville oranges). Feedback: a reasonably good wee Brackla, although it feels considerably much less compact, polished and coherent than what James Eadie normally proposes, or so it appears to me. For as soon as.
SGP:561 – 82 factors. |
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Royal Brackla 10 yo 2014/2025 (48.2%, Signatory Classic, Small Batch Version #17, first fill sherry PX hogshead end) 
One other younger malt that is pretty ‘price range’, which we’ve completely no quarrel with. Color: full gold. Nostril: oh, how humorous, we have simply popped open a recent tin of shoe polish whereas a teapot of lapsang souchong sits close by, together with a hefty walnut and raisin loaf. You get the image. Mouth: fairly near the earlier one, with a sure pressure, but additionally spiced natural infusions, salmiak, darkish honeys, and even the standard black turrón, right here bolstered by black pepper and a wee lick of tar. End: pretty lengthy, extra peppery nonetheless. Peppermint and black pepper because the signature. Feedback: once more, this wee Brackla was removed from typical, however the mixture with PX labored quite effectively.
SGP:562 – 84 factors. |
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We’ll end with an official bottling that’s additionally had a little bit of a lift for a couple of months:
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Royal Brackla 22 yo ‘Distinctive Cask – Tokaji’ (53%, OB, casks #50,000-50,004, 1380 bottles)
The label doesn’t appear to make it clear, however as soon as once more, that is only a ending, though within the case of Tokaji, which may really be excellent news. By the way, we’ve by no means fairly understood why Sauternes finishings are inclined to work pretty effectively, whereas these in Tokaji have given us, over the previous 25 years, some excellent little monsters. Longrow 1995, anybody? Proper then, let’s get to work… Color: gold. Nostril: instantly dissonant, a bit like Ozzy singing Bach, however in the long run, I feel it kind of works, even when the apricot tart and banana cake notes are wildly ‘excessive’. Plenty of cake batter too, pre-oven, already full of sultanas steeped in kirsch. With water: notes of nougat with a heavy dose of honey. Mouth (neat): it’s like we’re sipping a really candy muscat, say from Samos. Besides that is stronger, in fact. With water: think about a mixture of viognier, gewurztraminer and muscat. That’s quite enjoyable too, although I reckon it might use a great deal of ice. End: identical once more, very fruity, virtually candy with out fairly crossing the road. Feedback: maybe finest loved over a Japanese ice ball? We do prefer it, although possibly not €300-like—it’s an expensive little muscat, ha.
SGP:741 – 84 factors.
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