Living bottled, the tenth generation
New iteration of the unpeated living bottle:
- 5 mL Glendronach 15 sherry cask
- 10 mL Aberlour a’bunadh, euro bottling (heavily sherried)
- 15 mL Glenturret ‘80/’00 (Blackadder)
- 20 mL Glen Moray 12 Chenin Blanc finish
- 25 mL Glen Moray 16
- 30 mL Glen Garioch 8
- 35 mL Aberlour 100
- 40 mL Aberlour 10, bourbon casked, Duncan Taylor bottling for Trader Joe’s
- 45 mL Balvenie Doublewood (aged in bourbon and finished in sherry)
- 50 mL Macallan 10, bourbon casked, for Trader Joe’s
Nose: Oiled leather, sherry, honey, sweet, soft, white rum
Palate: Leather, strong honey, very sweet, almost raisiny (but in a good way), lychee
Finish: Leather, perfume, oak. Enticingly sweet.
Notes: Really a charmer. 92/100
This is the best it’s been so far.
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May 26th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Given your appreciation for the wonderful Loch Dhu, I thought this might tug your heart strings.
http://flickr.com/photos/jerrydoughnut/102152799/
I particularly liked: “You should`ve see the look on the guy`s face when we gave it to him.” That was his retirement present! Maybe he liked it.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:10 am
Apparently some people can’t live without it on their pancakes. Some people juggle geese, what can I say?