What's more, it says 75 years old, not 75 ans d'âge. Colour: mahogany. Nose: oloroso, fortified with old brandy de Jerez, plus fumes, dark chocolate, dried mushrooms, walnut wine and the strongest black tea ever. Very old-school cognac, pretty spectacular but I suppose the palate ...
Mouth: a tad gritty and green, but I like these notes of dried litchis and longans, which remind me of… China. Jujubes. Notes of blond tobacco, mirabelles, apricot pie, all that being covered with quite some white pepper and cinnamon. A drop of spearmint oil, then more raw artisan ...
Speyside 43 yo 1973/2016 (49.2%, The Whisky Agency, sherry butt, 324 bottles)Colour: gold. Nose: we’ll keep this short. Beehive, pollen, nectar, beeswax, overripe apples, artisan cider, IPA, fruity hops, dried longans and jujubes... Great. I had warned you, short. Mouth: sweet an...
In this case that was cognac ans sherry. Ouch. Colour: amber. Nose: butter cream and burnt cake, cigar smoke, coffee, burnt sugar, pencil shavings, hot sawdust… I love Karukera, but I believe this much wood/oak influence is embarrassing. With water: we’re at a cabinetmaker’s. ...
Bellevue 13 yo 1998/2011 (46%, Silver Seal, Guadeloupe)As you know, Guadeloupe is the sister island of Martinique (which the Guadeloupeans would never admit ;-)) Guadeloupe is usually more ‘artisan’ but I think the styles are similar. Bellevue make the famous Damoiseau rhum. Colour: deep...