Serge Valentin

Kirjutatud arvustused: 23 (vaata kommentaare)

Antud keskmine hinne: 88

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Freshness and maturity here are both impressive

Väga soovitatav 88 /100

A vatting of three small casks of 60l each, made out of old staves, so do not expect anything bombastically oaky as they do north of Hadrian's wall. The house usually sell their fillings to some large cognac house and only keep a tiny proportion for their own fillings. Let's see if we need to thank them. Colour: pure gold. Nose: magnificent ripe fruits, first peaches, then mirabelles, quinces, oranges and guavas. Then moist pipe tobacco, a little sandalwood, honeycomb, then only tiny traces of liquorice and aniseed. An even tinier hint of fish oil. Freshness and maturity here are both impressive. Mouth: rather tighter on the palate, firm, with roasted, almost burnt notes (black tobacco, burnt almonds on some cake), then toffee and, finally, a fruity and jammy development, half on citrus, half on yellow western fruits. Yellow peaches, apricots, plums, pears… Finish: rather long, this time with some mocha, cinnamon and tobacco. Comments: approaching perfection already. The oakiness was well controlled, small casks are always tricky and you wouldn't want them to 'flavour' your spirit. Just ask Octave (wink).