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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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May 25, 2018 |
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Nobody seems to care about Glen Spey. Well, I do, even if only three good people will read this, two of them coming by mistake. Because to me, Glen Spey and all other more or less obscure Scottish distilleries are as just important as Macallan, Springbank or Lagavulin! |
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Glen Spey 22 yo 1995/2018 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, refill American hogshead, 650 bottles) 
There’s much more data on the new CCs, even those at 46% vol. That’s cool! Colour: straw. Nose: it’s one of those very barley-y Speysiders that are full of, well, golden barley, scones and brioche, ripe fruits (don’t I detect raspberries and blackberries?) and rich ale. The brioche-y side never stops growing. Mouth: it’s extremely malty, you’re almost crunching Ovaltine bars while drinking chicory latte. There’s also quite some toffee, Golden Grahams, and then a bitterer ale-y side. Almost reminds me of Mackeson’s Stout, thirty years ago – that was the last time I tried it, mind you. Finish: long and always very malty, with an oaken edge. Burnt caramel, Guinness. Comments: not an easy/fruity Speysider, but should you need to tell some of your friends about the taste of malt whisky, it’s a good pick.
SGP:451 - 82 points. |
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Glen Spey-Glenlivet 16 yo 2001/2018 (54%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, hogsheads, 858 bottles)
This one from three hoggies. Could be ideal, let’s see… Colour: straw. Nose: this one’s less malty, and more on skins, herbs, leaves, and oils. This is actually a large hessian bag full of various kinds of apples, some from two years ago. With water: same plus a touch of menthol and eucalyptus. Mouth (neat): pure clean obvious malty. In that sense closer to the very good G&M. More stout, mead, ale, burnt cakes, green tobacco, apple skins, breads… With water: yep, gets a tad sappy, almondy… Finish: pretty long, rather on marzipan this time. And beer. Comments: the kind of totally honest malt whisky that could sing ‘I am what I am’. No one’s ever tried to put makeup on it. Very good.
SGP:451 - 82 points. |
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