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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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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…
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Glenturret 10 yo 2012/2022 'Ruadh Maor' (57.3%, Dràm Mor, Portuguese red wine barrique finish, cask #222, 268 bottles) 
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. |
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Glenturret 10 yo 2012/2022 'Ruadh Maor' (58.7%, Dràm Mor, Refill white Port hogshead finish, cask #220, 308 bottles) 
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)… |
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Glenturret 15 yo 1986/2002 (54%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 312 bottles)
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. |
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