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| Hello, that is one in all our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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July 21, 2025
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We’re speaking concerning the Dufftown distillery right here, not the small city of Dufftown itself, which, as you realize and so far as I’m conscious, is dwelling to Glenfiddich (William Grant & Sons), Balvenie (William Grant & Sons), Mortlach (Diageo), Dufftown (Diageo), Glendullan (Diageo), and Kininvie (William Grant & Sons). Convalmore and Pittyvaich are now not operational, as you’ll additionally bear in mind.
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Singleton of Dufftown 12 yo ‘Luscious Nectar’ (40%, OB, +/-2025) 
It’s curious, this latest want amongst distillers to tack names onto age statements, as they’ve accomplished right here with ‘Luscious Nectar’, which does sound a bit of like ‘slop’, doesn’t it? Color: gold. Nostril: gentle and nice, within the type of its same-aged neighbour whose title ends in ‘fiddich’. Malt, bruised apples, multifloral honey, a contact of custard. A slight sense of überblend, in case you see what I imply. Mouth: totally constant, gentle, malty, faintly natural, in any other case on properly ripe apples and a touch of Earl Gray tea. End: pretty brief, on fruity beer. Feedback: woosh, it nearly slipped by with out discover. Nectar, I’m not so positive. Luscious, definitely not.
SGP:441 – 76 factors. |
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Singleton of Dufftown 18 yo ‘Sublimely Clean’ (40%, OB, +/-2025)
The final time we tasted the 18 was again in 2013, and it hadn’t precisely blown us away (WF 79). Let’s see if there’s been any progress, despite the fact that the phrase ‘easy’ tends to ship half the malt aficionados working for the hills. However not ‘the neighbours’… Color: gold. Nostril: nonetheless slightly light, although seemingly a notch fuller than the 12, with discreet touches of beeswax, candied orange peel, and the subtlest solutions of coriander seed and garden-fresh mint leaves. It’s a pretty nostril, not precisely a bomb, however undeniably charming in its soft-spoken method. Mouth: alas, the 40% power now not fairly does the trick, even when the profile holds along with notes of orchard apples and Valencia oranges frivolously steeped in honey, together with a barely-there trace of delicate Espelette pepper. One may dream of this elegant association being issued at a extra conversational 45% vol. End: shortish however not at all hole, with pretty, warming spices and a slightly endearing finale on lemon and orange marmalade toast. Feedback: seems to have fared higher than final time, although after twelve years, such judgments inevitably carry a splash of speculative romance.
SGP:451 – 80 factors. |
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Come on, let’s name on the nice previous days…
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Dufftown-Glenlivet ‘Over 8 Years Previous’ (80° proof, OB, Arthur Bell for Sposetti Genoa, cork stopper, Sixties) 
Consideration, there have been sublimely stellar variations of this 8-year-old, such because the one for Ghirlanda in Italy round 1968 (WF 92). 80° UK proof equates roughly to 46% vol., as you realize. Color: gold, very barely bronzed. Nostril: and right here we’re, steel polish, bone marrow quenelle soup, braised chicory, top-flight mead, vintage orange liqueur and the faintest, most discreet hint of cork, nearly imaginary. Mouth: a touch of peat smoke, previous raisins in a tin field that clearly predate the moon touchdown (they do final without end), historic natural liqueurs, and doubtless a contact of tiredness that veers into pine resin territory greater than it should. End: lengthy, although barely bitter, remaining on fir bud liqueur and resinous notes all through. The aftertaste leans in direction of salted honey. Feedback: it’s all the time a little bit of Russian roulette with these previous bottles, and timeworn corks not often do favours, however there’s nonetheless a transparent glimmer right here, after sixty years or extra, of the intergalactic calibre this juice as soon as possessed, even when it’s now re-entered Earth’s ambiance. Proper.
SGP:571 – 85 factors. |
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