Little Duos, today Dufftown
Dufftown 24 yo 1998/2022 (46.2%, Club Qing, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, cask #7725, 161 bottles)The Singleton of Dufftown 37 yo 1985/2023 (47.7%, OB, Prima & Ultima, American oak hogshead, 511 bottles)
Today crazy old Glenlivet
Glenlivet 29 yo 1963/1992 (52.1%, Signatory Vintage, cask #269-270, 500 bottles)Glenlivet 74 yo 1949/2023 (49.3%, Gordon & MacPhail, Private Collection, refill sherry butt, cask #11, 192 bottles)
Today two New Lagavulin
Lagavulin 15 yo ‘Islay Jazz Festival 2023’ (53.9%, OB, Distillery Exclusive, oloroso sherry butt finish, 3,000 bottles)Lagavulin 25 yo 1997/2023 (50.7%, OB, Prima & Ultima, refill American oak cask, 1013 bottles)
Today’s malternatives: cognac again
Normandin Mercier 7 yo ‘Very Superior Old Pale’ (41.5%, OB, Petite Champagne, +/-2022)Tesseron ‘Lot N90 X.O Ovation’ (40%, OB, Cognac, +/-2022)Tesseron ‘Lot N53 X.O Perfection’ (40%, OB, Grande Champagne, +/-2022)Prunier 1975/2023 (43.5%, Swell de Spir…
Springbank before the Whisky Show
Hazelburn 21 yo (46%, OB, 2022 release, 70% sherry 30% bourbon, 3600 bottles)Springbank 10 yo 2012/2022 (55%, OB ‘Sherry Wood’, 7 years in refill barrels then 3 years in Spanish oak PX hogsheads, 10800 bottles)Springbank 25 yo (46%, OB, 2022, 40% bourb…
Two superb zesty Bladnoch 1990
Bladnoch 31 yo 1990/2021 (53%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults Collection, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, #50.118, ‘Mountaintop Experience’, 143 bottles)Bladnoch 33 yo 1990/2023 (55.4%, WhiskySponge, Decadent Drinks, refill bourbon barrel, Special Edi…
A Trio of Recent Old Blends
7 Stars 30 yo ‘Cask Strength’ (48.2%, Cadenhead, blended Scotch, sherry, 2023)Blended Malt 50 yo 1971/2022 (49.5%, The Whisky Exchange, Celebrating 50 years, Speyside, refill sherry butt, 303 bottles)Blended Malt 44 yo 1978/2023 (59.8%, Spheric Spirits…
More new French whiskies
Triticum 2018/2023 (46%, LMDW, Version Francaise, Cerealis, single grain, wheat whisky, cognac cask, 640 bottles)Villanova ‘Maury Rouge’ (49.2%, OB for LMDW, cask #346, 312 bottles)Roborel de Climens ‘Grenache Noir’ (50.2%, France, 2023)Zea Mays 2014/2…
Around the World Once More
Black Mountain ‘BM N1 Excellence’ (42%, OB, France, +/-2021)Domaine des Hautes Glaces ‘Indigene’ (44%, OB, France, 2023)Domaine des Hautes Glaces ‘Episteme R18P23 Yellow Square’ (47%, OB, France, 1798 bottles, 2023)Domaine des Hautes Glaces ‘Episteme R…
Indie Croftengeas by Loch Lomond
Croftengea 14 yo ‘Periodical’ (50%, Croucher & Co., North Star Spirits, oloroso barrel, 180 bottles, 2022)Croftengea (54%, GunpowderUA, arsenal batch #2, Whisky Fair 2023, oloroso sherry)Croftengea 2009/2021 (56.6%, Le Gus’t, Selection XXVIII, hogshead…