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April 16, 2020 |
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The Confined Sessions
A pair of Teaninich 10 2009 |
We’re seeing more indie Teaninichs these days. Once again, we shan’t complain. Did you ever notice that Teaninich and Clynelish distilleries looked more or less the same? Indeed, more or less?... |
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Teaninich 10 yo 2009/2019 (50%, Asta Morris, cask #AM030, 245 bottles) 
Looks like this is ex-sherry. Colour: dark gold. Nose: they look the same but they do not nose and taste the same. Having said that, it seems that the sherry imparted a rather lovely mineral/grassy side to this baby, which combines very well with the spirit that’s a bit grassy too, and which would generate a nice feeling of mint-flavoured liquorice and, above everything, fresh parsley. I always thought parsley was not uncommon in sherried whiskies, and I feel I should add that I totally love all kinds of parsley. Also drops of Nescafé. With water: oxtail soup, Bovril, and… watch this one, carbonnade flamande! Mouth (neat): oh very rich. Total look in other words, on more Nescafé, Guinness… Wait, didn’t Teaninich belong to Guinness at some point? Ooh my head, I can’t remember… Anyway, it’s really thick, chocolaty, very malty (Ovaltine) and real good, if a tad heavy at this point. With water: mole sauce, more oxtail soup, brown sauce, stout… and stuff. Finish: long, salty meaty and chocolaty. In a way, it’s a whole meal. Comments: it’s to be wondered whether the honourable bottler selected this cask because it reminded him of carbonnade flamande, or simply because it’s very good – at only 10!
SGP:361 - 87 points. |
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Teaninich 10 yo 2009/2019 (55.1%, Cadenhead, Small Batch)
This baby from three bourbon hogsheads, so probably much closer to the raw distillate. Do not trust the picture’s colours, it’s much paler (thank God). Colour: light gold. Nose: yeah well, that mineral/grassy combination did stem from the distillate, not from the sherry cask. So indeed, this is all on cut grass, wet chalk, and some kind of sooty porridge. The hoggies have been extremely lazy, but that’ not obligatorily a problem. Let’s check that… With water: strange and funny. Kid’s cough syrup, grenadine, pomegranate juice… It’s not the same whisky at all (and yes I’m using our trusted Vittel water). Oes towards tangerines. Mouth (neat): beastly, but typically Cadenhead. Reminds me, in very different styles, of those old 10 or 12 yo St Magdalenes or Port Ellens that were so naked and so powerful… This one is too, but it’s rather better civilised actually, very malty and grassy, with notes of kiwis and lemon juice, a little caramel, flambéed stuff, and just peanut butter. And café latte (remember how you make latte like at Starbucks? You take regular coffee and you add 5€. Ha). With water: fewer changes. Jaffa cakes, touches of thin mints and just a little cardboard. Finish: long, solidly malty this time. A little raw oak in the aftertaste. Comments: another one that’s very good, albeit less unusual and a little rawer than the Asta Morris. I believe the price is very right too.
SGP:461 - 85 points. |
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