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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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March 16, 2020 |
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Little duos, two very good indie Cragganmore |
It’s always good to try a little Cragganmore every once in a while, is it not? |
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Cragganmore 22 yo 1993/2015 (54%, Duncan Taylor, for China, sherry, cask #428466, 51 bottles) 
This little baby was supposed to make you ‘Feel Just Like a Fish in Water’. We can’t wait… Colour: office coffee. Nose: it’s almost totally sherry-driven, with big notes of both amontillado and PX, raisins, chocolate, touches of Bovril, then some fresh oak, as if this was an octave, or some STR cask. Or both. With water: I would have said Glendronach. By the way, we’ll soon have to do a huge Glendronach session, they’re currently piling up. Mouth (neat): really rich, oily, and literally full of sherry. Corinth currants, amontillado, walnuts, loads of chocolate, a hint of salt (bouillon)… It’s really thick, and yet I’m finding it pretty good. It’s true that I’m just back from Jerez. With water: the oak’s coming a bit to the front. Black chocolate, coffee beans, forgotten toasts (forgotten in the toaster!)… Finish: long, a tad drying, and very much on cocoa and coffee. A pinch of salt in the aftertaste. Comments: I like this fairly modern dry sherry monster quite a lot, but do not expect to be able to recognise Cragganmore.
SGP:351 - 87 points. |
Let’s find one that’s not sherried for a change… |
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Cragganmore 27 yo 1989/2018 (49%, The Whisky Fair, bourbon hogshead, 177 bottles) 
I think these batches were good. Colour: dark gold. Nose: very malty and caky, full of butterscotch, shortbread and Weetabix, going towards café latte, with a touch of menthol. No one can be against this. Mouth: someone’s distilled Jaffa cakes! Some awesome marmalade, milk chocolate, and sponge cake, plus cornflakes, popcorn and then a wee sourness. Let’s say cider. Very good. Finish: long, a tad greener (green tea tannins). Rather grapefruits in the aftertaste. Comments: a lovely fresh maltiness and a good firmness. Having said that, I guess you have to be the distillery’s master distiller to be able to recognise the make.
SGP:451 - 88 points. |
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