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March 17, 2023


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Some Glenturret, some peat and some Portuguese wine

I've heard several times alreadfy that Lalique's restaurant at Glenturret Distillery was out of this world, but we're here for the whisky…

 

 

Glenturret 10 yo 2012/2022 'Ruadh Maor' (57.3%, Dràm Mor, Portuguese red wine barrique finish, cask #222, 268 bottles)

Glenturret 10 yo 2012/2022 'Ruadh Maor' (57.3%, Dràm Mor, Portuguese red wine barrique finish, cask #222, 268 bottles) Three stars and a half
Touriga Nacional? It seems that this is a peated Glenturret. Colour: blush wine. Nose: big peat plus cherry stem tea and some eucalyptus tea too. With water: it is not as dissonant as expected, despite these ripe strawberries floating around. Mint tea. Mouth (neat): good unorthodox fun. Grassy smoke and cherry liqueur and green peppercorns and leather and leaves. Good power. With water: cranberry juice this time. Finish: rather long, on salted and smoked cranberries. I agree this sounds weird, but it rather works in my book. Comments: one of the (very) few red wine + peat combinations that rather function, I would say. Peated Glenturret is unusual in the first place, anyway.
SGP:665 - 83 points.

Glenturret 10 yo 2012/2022 'Ruadh Maor' (58.7%, Dràm Mor, Refill white Port hogshead finish, cask #220, 308 bottles)

Glenturret 10 yo 2012/2022 'Ruadh Maor' (58.7%, Dràm Mor, Refill white Port hogshead finish, cask #220, 308 bottles) Four stars
The question is: is a Refill white Port hogshead finish still a finish? Colour: pale gold. Nose: very fresh and maritime, rather ala Bruichladdich, with some paraffin then, white peaches, chalk and 'new cigars', including the ashes and the ashtray. With water: around some wet limestone and some fresh plaster. Mouth (neat): works! Citrons, zests, lemons, a tight green smokiness, some salted lime juice (and tequila, if you like), plus notes of bear garlic or something. With water: goody good. The white Port added a kind of unctuous sweetness, but not too much of that. Some elder syrup and more green and peppery kind of smokiness in the background. Finish: rather long, tense, citrusy, salty. Custardy aftertaste. Comments: excellent, clean and zesty. White wine is always better and refill even better (in my book).
SGP:665 - 86 points.

Perhaps an older bottling? (you may expect some wackiness and uncertainty)…

Glenturret 15 yo 1986/2002 (54%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 312 bottles)

Glenturret 15 yo 1986/2002 (54%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 312 bottles) Four stars
Those were hit-or-miss, let's fasten our seat belts… Colour: light gold. Nose: typical, with burnt waxes, soot, artichokes, mustardy oils and leather. The nearest drink would be an old dry Madeira wine. With water: some menthol plus riesling plus crushed chalk plus mustard. Would you believe this works? Mouth (neat): one that worked. Pepper, mustard, honey sauce, sauce 'à la diable', grapefruit juice. With water: gets leafier. Finish: rather long, typically Glenturret from those years and rather on the right side of that very idiosyncratic 'style'. Grapefruit in the aftertaste. Comments: they've poured grapefruit juice and mustard into the cask while everybody was busy elsewhere. I say brainwave, quite.

SGP:462 - 86 points.

(Thank you Tom!)

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