A chance to try the discontinued 18 year old. It’s hard to find now, if you can at all, and looks pretty pricy. I just picked up a couple bottles of the 16, which is ostensibly the replacement of this, so after this I’ll need to open that and see how they stack up.
Minutia: Matured for 18 years in ex-Bourbon casks. Reviewed blind, neat in a glencairn.
Color: Russet Muscat, 1.3.
Nose: Smoky, medicinal lean.
Taste: Smoky, warm, earthy, bit of fruit.
Finish: Smoky, earthy, more than in the taste. Long.
Guess: A Laphroaig OB, maybe the 1815. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a Kildalton Elements of Islay release.
A decidedly good dram. Seems like a weird line to discontinue. Hopefully the 16 can match, from what I’ve read thus far it’s a solid one as well. This one feels like an evolution. It starts somehere, gets a bit more complex, then gets a bit more intense. A very nice flow.
Score: 88
Musical Evocation: Katherine Jenkins – “In the Bleak Midwinter”
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