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| Hello, that is considered one of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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April 16, 2025
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Prime-notch solely: a choice of unbiased Glen Moray from 5 international locations
Every time we get pleasure from Glen Moray (or Ardbeg for that matter), we spare a thought for Stuart Thomson. |
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Glen Moray 11 yo 2013/2024 (51.4%, Dramcatcher, for Whisky & Music Pageant Zürich 2024, 1st fill oloroso, cask #2312209, 95 bottles) 
For a pleasant little pageant in Zürich that brings collectively whisky and music, organised by our pal Andreas. Warmly really useful, and also you would possibly even take the chance to pay a go to to your bankers. Color: full gold. Nostril: unbelievable, fairly a little bit of chocolate – Swiss, naturally – then notes of suntan lotion and a great deal of barley, each contemporary and malted. With water: patchouli and roasted hazelnuts, then bruised apples and a splash of walnut wine. Anticipated, maybe, however very properly accomplished. Mouth (neat): very fairly fruity sherry, with loads of walnuts, mandarin orange, caramel, tobacco… With water: stewed fruits in abundance, together with plums and apples, sprinkled with fragments of roasted hazelnut. End: fairly lengthy, beautiful, very barely saline. Feedback: nice work with this very younger Glen Moray. The subsequent Whisky & Music Pageant Zürich will happen on the twenty eighth and twenty ninth of November this yr. Hoppla!
SGP:551 – 87 factors. |
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Glen Moray 14 yo 2010/2024 (56%, Navigate World Whisky, Companions sequence, ex-bourbon, cask #800541, 182 bottles)
One strikes with out blinking from Switzerland to South Africa. Color: pale white wine. Nostril: that is very totally different certainly, with notes of rubber, aubergine, artichoke, even a contact of Brussels sprout. Uncommon, definitely, however nothing excessive, and actually it really works. A little bit of kale and lemon too. Large enjoyable. With water: almond milk, think about that. Mouth (neat): highly effective, very lemony, large on cider apple, gooseberry, grass juice, verjuice… With water: stewed apple with a drizzle of honey and a squeeze of lemon juice. Even the vanilla retains a good distance. End: lengthy, contemporary, softer, however the verjuice character nonetheless lingers. Feedback: in fact, that is fairly the gastronomic Glen Moray. Let’s say… maybe with poultry?
SGP:461 – 87 factors. |
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From Switzerland to South Africa to Taiwan… Who’d have imagined Glen Moray would take us thus far afield?
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Glen Moray 15 yo 2008/2024 (52%, Whisky Age, 1st fill palo cortado hogshead, cask #5651, 309 bottles) 
Palo cortado, that’s simply splendid) Color: gold. Nostril: inexperienced walnuts, seaweed, candy mustard, polenta, then white grapes, furnishings polish and cherry stalk infusion. What’s so beautiful with malts that don’t shout too loudly is that you just’re in a position to uncover all these refined little nuances that one thing like an Ardbeg or a younger Springbank would in all probability bulldoze proper over. With water: oh, salted butter with seaweed and roasted almonds… oh… Mouth (neat): I am keen on this. The palo cortado was spot on. Distinctive salinity, mustard once more, extra walnuts, tobacco, chen-pi (hello Gene), teas, sharp apples… It’s splendid. With water: very good bitter-acid growth, superbly poised. We could also be in Taiwan (and Elgin), however we’re additionally deep within the coronary heart of Jerez. End: alas. Feedback: I admit it, this beastie fairly took us unexpectedly.
SGP:462 – 90 factors. |
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Glen Moray 17 yo 2007/2024 (51.4%, Membership Qing, Bottled Realities, ex-Laphroaig barrel, cask #6311, 255 bottles) 
In principle, Glen Moray and Laphroaig are like chalk and cheese. Had it been Ardbeg, not less than there might need been some sort of managerial continuity, in a manner. Color: white wine. Nostril: nursery faculty glue, brass and silver polish, clams and whelks, the most recent situation of the New Yorker, a fire simply gone out, and hefty whiffs of contemporary plastic. I need to say that is pretty disconcerting, although one suspects there’s some form of trick right here, let’s see. With water: no, nonetheless very a lot all kinds of polishes. Drawing gum, linseed oil… Mouth (neat): who remembers ‘Serendipity’? Properly, that is a lot better, however nonetheless obscure, disconcerting, weird… Preserved lemon juice in a copper pot, or one thing alongside these strains. With water: it edges a bit in direction of a caipirinha. Most likely essentially the most convoluted approach to make a caipirinha. End: similar story at first, however the Speysider strikes again with some cider apple and barley syrup. Salt on the aftertaste. Feedback: weird and, in actual fact, bizarrely glorious. However was it deliberate or sheer happenstance?
SGP:463 – 88 factors. |
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Let’s wrap up our wee journey in Italy, if you happen to’re proud of that.
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Glen Moray 18 yo 2006/2024 (54.8%, Wilson & Morgan, oloroso sherry end, cask #720007, 540 bottles)
We do recognize that W&M have by no means modified their labels, it’s a mark of belief in direction of the patron and proof of a top-tier worth system (sure, actually)) Color: amber. Nostril: one other beautiful instance of an ex-sherry malt that leans bourbon at first, with contemporary varnish, popcorn, custard, and marrons glacés, then more and more mocha-infused chocolate. Hazelnut liqueur and nocino aren’t far behind… Bravissimo. With water: a number of puffs of dried seaweed on the seashore, and notes of church candle wax. In spite of everything, we’re in Italy. Mouth (neat): old-school, excellent. Highly effective, daring, barely acetic, additionally exhibiting nice notes of managed burn, espresso, walnuts, a drop of Jerez vinegar (naturally), and black pepper… With water: it relaxes a bit, however these walnuts, mustard, bitter chocolate, nocino, and even, cue the trumpets, a contact of amaro stay. End: lengthy, drier nonetheless, extra chocolaty, and with a touch of inexperienced pepper. Feedback: in all probability essentially the most Italian Glen Moray I’ve tasted lately. And but it was sherry, not marsala.
SGP:462 – 89 factors. |
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