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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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April 27, 2020 |
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The Confined Sessions
Day 41
Two young bombs from Craigellachie |
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Craigellachie 11 yo 2007/2019 (54%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, 834 bottles) 
This baby from three bourbon hogsheads. They also had a very good 8/2009 in the same series last year (WF 85). Hold on, 834 bottles, that’s bordering the limits of a Limited Edition, no? Course I’m joking. Colour: white wine. Nose: young malt whisky as Nature intended, al natural, naked, malty, with some bread, dough, muesli, porridge, touches of oak, touches of vanilla. Great if you enjoy bread, dough, muesli, porridge, touches of oak and touches of vanilla. With water: puréed peaches and apples, a little sap and putty, perhaps fresh almonds or marzipan… Mouth (neat): very good young malt for your pewter hipflask – with your personal coat of arms, naturally, rather than the Jack Daniel’s or Harley-Davidson logos. Good, raw, barley-y, grassy, a bit sweet (candy floss). With water: sameish, perhaps, a little more grass. Finish: rather long, grassier, with some limoncello in the aftertaste (rather sugar and lemon). Comments:… or the BMW logo, or the Corvette logo; or there, Che Guevara.
SGP:561 - 84 points. |
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Craigellachie 12 yo 2007/2020 (55%, Claxton’s for GI Jane House, Taiwan, hogshead, cask #2085-309708, 298 bottles) 
The Taiwanese market is just incredible, is it not. I’m wondering whether theyr’re not quaffing more malt whisky than their famous wulongs or other great teas these days… Colour: white wine. Nose: same ballpark, really, this is just a notch more acidic, citrusy, and, well, green if not blue-green (that doesn’t make any sense, S., that’s only for tea.) In a way it’s a little purer, tenser, and I’m sure there will be more fruit popping out once H2O’s been added… With water: greengages, I’m finding greengages! We were having a lot of greengages when I was a kid, in the mid 1990s (yeah right). Mouth (neat): sharp, almost a razorblade, on all things citrus liqueurs and juices. Lime, raw rhubarb, a touch of green pepper… With water: really very very close to the Cadenhead’s this time. Maybe is this one a little more vertical, shall we say. Finish: great finish, very clean, zesty, grassy, rather full of grapefruits this time. It’s not often that whiskies earn more points at the finish, they often lose some Not in this case. Comments: In truth both whiskies are extremely close. Say 84.49 vs. 85.51.
SGP:561 - 86 points. |
Both recommended if you like your malts natural and so close to Mother Nature. |
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