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| Hello, that is one among our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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January 9, 2025
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I do know, we have had some Dufftown fairly not too long ago, however we needed to style this little Ukrainian model we have simply acquired. To pay tribute to it, we’ll then carry out a kind of unimaginable 8-year-olds courting again to… nicely earlier than Gorbachev.
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Dufftown 15 yo 2008/2024 (54.7%, Scyfion, armagnac cask end, 102 bottles) 
That is truly maturation since this child from Ukraine spent 45 months in an armagnac cask, so greater than 36 months. Allow us to hope that very quickly, we will now not have to ship cannons and will as an alternative primarily export casks of armagnac, empty or not, to Ukraine. Slava Ukraini, and peace! Color: mild gold. Nostril: it’s the malt that speaks, and it’s a really beautiful malt. Orange caramel, bergamots, roasted hazelnuts, maple syrup, salted butter caramels, apples… Some pleasant hints of anise within the background—maybe there was a drop of pastis within the armagnac. Simply joking. With water: extra rustic. Earth, foliage, baker’s yeast… Mouth (neat): a contact of peppered apple. One would possibly wonder if the equation malt whisky + armagnac = calvados would possibly maintain just a little reality. Joking apart, that is good, fruity, beneficiant but contemporary… With water: it really works, the oranges cost in at full gallop and carry the day (what?). End: lengthy, on apples and plums, with maybe just a few raisins. Maybe… Feedback: all of this works very nicely, with armagnac, very similar to cognac for that matter, embracing the malt with out ever disfiguring it. Bud’mo!
SGP:551 – 87 factors. |
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Dufftown-Glenlivet 8 yo (80°proof, OB, early Nineteen Sixties) 
With the 80°proof point out below the golden line—it does make all of the distinction, doesn’t it. In fact, in principle, this Dufftown needs to be brushing the celebs, however in any case, take this as a tribute to our Ukrainian buddies. Color: gold. Nostril: there’s some OBE, with that metallic edge (previous copper cash, pennies, classic instruments), however the growth, on uncommon herbs and all types of oils and broths, is solely magnificent, particularly as previous natural and mint liqueurs come alongside to finish the image. These Dufftowns from Arthur Bell & Sons have been merely unimaginable. Mouth: oh my! It’s barely bitter, with loads of pine sap, for instance, however there’s additionally an unimaginable salinity and, above all, stewed fruits cooked in a copper cauldron with absolute majesty. Figs then carry everybody into settlement, adopted by menthol and liquorice. Cough syrup. End: lengthy, on light broths and chutneys. Magical. Feedback: the 80°proof (46% vol.) works wonders, even in any case these years. An ideal level of steadiness, these barely larger strengths maintain their floor a lot better than these at 40/43%, as we’ve typically noticed. In any case, this bottle is over 60 years previous, maybe much more. Very spectacular. It leaves me speechless (you’ll in all probability say ‘thank goodness!’).
SGP:561 – 91 factors. |
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