A
first version of this list pulled
quite a few comments (including from
some of our beloved Scottish distillers),
most referring to the fact that since
our previous ranking was taking all
bottlings we could try into account
on the same levels, whether old or
young and ancient or recent, the list
did favour distilleries of which we
could try many old expressions (like,
say Springbank, or most closed distilleries),
which made that ranking sort of, well,
unsound or shaky.
Guess what, they were right (we’re
not stubborn as a mule) so, as planned
and announced, we worked further on
the list and decided to come up with
groups rather than a strict ranking.
And as wine and whisky are more and
more linked together – not that
it goes both ways, eh – we decided
to draw inspiration from Bordeaux
and its famous classement des crus.
Here are the results... BASED ON MY
PERSONAL TASTE ONLY. And sorry if
this will make a few people's hair
stand on end! |
