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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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August 18, 2020 |
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Little duos, today
Mannochmore bourbon vs. sherry |
With the inception of Loch Dhu, which was a Mannochmore (Diageo still owe us a few explanations about how they were making it), the image of the distillery has changed forever, has it not? Let’s have first the bourbon, then the sherry. |
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Mannochmore 2010/2020 (55.6%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS20008, 299 bottles) 
Colour: straw. Nose: not the first pretty citric Mannochmore we’ve tried, I have to say it is a style that I enjoy quite a lot, with its Rosebank side. Pomelos, lemon, lemongrass, a little chalk… It’s what we sometimes call a Sancerre-malt. Which is cool, obviously. With water: new fabric, wool, lemon curd, brioche dough, touch of baker’s yeast. All top. Mouth (neat): indeed, Rosebank, seriously! Some tenser limoncello, chalk, spearmint, lemon curd, a touch of honey… All is well here. With water: really, I swear to Vishnu and Saint-Ambrose, this is Rosebank! Finish: medium, clean, beautifully lemony, well balanced and refreshing. The Sancerre is still there in the aftertaste. Comments: quite a coup by Malts of Scotland. You say Mannochmore? Really? I have to say so many distilleries seem to have upped their game – as long as no silly woods or wines are involved, that is, which was certainly not the case here.
SGP:651 - 90 points. |
The sherry please… They also have a PX, but we’ll have that one later… (give us your word, S.!) |
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Mannochmore 11 yo 2008/2019 (56.5%, James Eadie, for the Netherlands, oloroso finish, cask #348033, 298 bottles) 
This one for our friend in Holland, so I suppose we’ll find salted liquorice, gouda, and, well, ‘tulips’ (wink wink). Colour: red mahogany. Nose: I mean, LOL. Young Port Mourant in a cask of Mannochmore? With varnish, coffee, black olives, benzine, and indeed, liquorice? Plus something resinous, close to those, err, ‘tulips’? With water: a fantastic fruity kind of earth. And Christmas cake – we’ve left Demerara this time. Mouth (neat): huge, first on black Corinth raisins, then pencil shavings and liquorice, prunes, black tapenade, drops of Wedderburn rum or something, prunes… oy, is this spectacularly thick and heavy. And good. With water: it swims well; becoming leafier, with a little chlorophyll and a salty side that’s not unseen in Port Mourant. Finish: long, rather more on tar and, indeed, liquorice and clove. We didn’t find those tulips, but maybe next time? Comments: well, they recreated Loch Dhu 10 the Black Whisky, but made it ten times better in my opinion. Was that done on purpose? Excellent, now I still liked the clean sharp lemon bomb better.
SGP:651 - 88 points. |
Wow, some very unexpected results today indeed. Could Mannochmore actually beat many a much-pushed brandified Speysider? Do Mannochmore even have an Instagram account? |
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