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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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July 20, 2021 |
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Summer Duets
Today Auchroisk 1997 |
| As Lynyrd Skynyrd's world-class philosophers would have said, 'pronounce Oh-thrusk'. |
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Auchroisk 17 yo 1997/2014 (53%, Golden Cask, bourbon, cask #CM 209, 280 bottles) 
Matured in x-fill casks according to the colour. Or concrete, clay, stainless, glass, ceramic, beech, porcelain, sandstone, platinum… All right, not platinum. Colour: very pale white wine and that's good news. Let me explain why… Nose: pure barley-y, doughy, gristy, porridge-y, fermentary, yeasty, mashy nose. Put into an oven and you get a pretzel ;-). With water: more porridge, chalk, clay… Mouth (neat): distilled lager, really. There's something that I really enjoy a lot here, it's all natural, unmasked, naked, raw, and extremely malty/bready. Good pepper as well. With water: fruits coming out. Well, apples and pears. Finish: medium, with green plums this time. Otherwise porridge, grist and compadres. Comments: typical filler, these have been its 15 minutes of (very relative) fame. I have much tenderness for these well-made yet humble spirits. Pushing-up my score a wee bit here…
SGP:541 - 85 points. |
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Auchroisk 23 yo 1997/2021 (54.6%, Hunter Laing, The first Editions, refill hogshead, cask #17814) 
This one's brand new, mind you. Colour: white wine. Nose: another untouched, un-flavoured, un-peated, un-wined, un-PXed, un-heavily-charred Speysider that, consequently, is allowed to display the loads of subtleties that it was keeping within itself, such as tiny herbs and flowers (borage, dill), broken roots and branches, fresh leaves, wild carrots and celeriac, poppy seeds and sesame, parsnips and turnips, riesling and grüner (veltlinger), yoghurt and muesli… And literally myriads of other tinier aromas. With water: as usual, more earth, even mud, humus, oats, fresh breads of all kinds… Mouth (neat): sublime yeasty, beery breadiness and a lot of pepper, mead and gingerbread. With water: and there, the fruits are coming out. Pickled ones, pepper, chutneys… Nah it's not that fruity. Some salt coming out. Yes, salt. Finish: long and spicier, more peppery, a tad bitter. Goes towards vegetables and roots. Lemons in the aftertaste. Comments: a great fighter al natural. Chilled on caviar or smoked salmon, with a lot of thick whipped cream! Great bottle.
SGP:361 - 88 points. |
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