Again, distilled 1986 and earlier. Colour: amber, but a bit lighter than the ‘old’ version. Quite similar but even lighter, and more flowery. Markedly less sherried, and slightly more on orange, and less on caramel. It gets even grassy and malty. No big sherry developing, even after a long time. Both versions diverge more and more on the nose after a few minutes. Some whiffs of smoke appear in the younger one, though… The younger one (right) is slightly lighter in colour... In short, the old one is much more classic, more sherried, punchier while the young one really is middle-of-the-roadish, simpler and more restrained. Mouth: again, it’s weaker, grainier, and even sweetish and sugarish. Not the same whisky at all, this time – and not the same class either. Big bold orange but not much else, I’m afraid. It gets sort of disjointed, fragmented. The finish is medium long but sweetish and a little ‘dirty’. 78 points. Okay, I guess the conclusion is easily drawn… I liked the new one a little better when I tasted it ‘alone’, but compared to its older twin brother (hey?) it tastes much duller, alas. Not the same whisky in any case, me think.

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