90
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December 24, 2015
Colour: rich dark amber. Nose: quiet please! Exhausts, tarmac, roasted chestnuts, dark chocolate, old books, bag-o-prunes, very old oloroso, walnut liqueur, beef stock, Jabugo, cigars, earth, newspaper of the day (iPads no work), soot, soft soap (which does not make it soapy – at all)… Enough said. Mouth: ah, it’s not unlike the 1976, the nose was more profound and complex than the palate. This one’s rather massive, in fact, on raisins and chocolate. Just a touch of honey and marmalade, but other than that, yeah, raisins and chocolate. If you desperately need comparisons, it reminds me of the old Macallan 10 Cask Strength from 15 years ago, more or less. I’m not saying complexity is obligatory, but it’s an asset, undoubtedly. Finish: long, perfect, simple. Chocolate, raisins, Cointreau. Comments: great great nose, the palate’s a notch more, well, simple. Sort of. But it’s great whisky. Oh well.
