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Malt Tasting Club
Monthly Roundup - March 2003
We're missing out on numbers. In 2002 we averaged 15 people; this year we've not got more than 11 to our first two meetings. I guess we need people to make an effort to respond to e-mails and/or turn up. Nevertheless the venue worked well and the food has been of a very high standard. Anyway the next meeting ought to encourage the reluctant from their bunkers. Glengoyne is an underrated distillery but is starting to earn the plaudits of critics. The February meeting was interesting, mainly for the range of differences across the malts, that reminds us why we all value the single malt experience.
February 26th " Ne'er tried Before - Off the beaten track" - Report Card
Imperial 1990 (Gordon & MacPhail) 40% - Colour is very pale - riesling/white wine. Nose has some citrus, lemon essence, icing sugar and a resiny pine oil note. The palate is light and sweet with something akin to lemon cheesecake and meringue and some soft rainwater notes and maybe a hint of metal in the tail. As mentioned in previous tasting notes, this one is different from previous Imperials that always had a dryish calciferous or boney character or a hint of liniment. This one definitely has a mix of lowland and Speyside characters. Score 7.8
Dailuaine 16 (Flora & Fauna) -43% - Colour is a medium dark amber with some dull copper highlights - very autumnal. The nose has lots of nuts, sherry, cherry and fruitcake. The palate shows lovely rich sherry wood, fruit and chutney, a hint of pickled onions and a little bit of liquorice. Left in the glass the nose gets some shoe polish and floor-boards and the dried fruit reprises in the finish. Finish is a little short considering the complexity of the nose, but pretty impressive anyway. The whisky stays solid in the glass. Score 8.6
Glengoyne 16 Limited Edition Scottish Oak Finish 43% - - Colour is a mid gold with canary yellow highlights. the nose has lots of lifted woody notes with hints of pine needles and pine-o-clean Beyond the wood is cream, honey, linen, muslin and toffee. The toffee notes become dominant after a while in the glass. A nice malt where the incremental change from wood and cream to deeper and deeper toffee keeps one amused. Stays very clean throughout. Score 8.4
The Blind – Knockando 1989 12 43% - Bob Perry was the only one to get it right. I got in the neighbourhood, but that doesn't signify much as it's pretty hard not to think it might be a Speyside when only Speyside distilleries were on the list. However it was a pretty classic speyside nose with sweet pastry dough and a slight mushroom note with a hint of acetone and some piney wood. There was a slightly sour fruit note in the palate which threw me a bit and I got it down to three, none of which were Knockando. I thought it might be Cragganmore or Cardhu, but it hung together better than Cardhu so I went for Cragganmore. Quite a nice whisky. Score 8.0The venue for 2003 is: The Saracen's Head Tavern 82 Carrington Street, Adelaide. Club Program 2003 - Continues on 26 March 2003 Please come and support your club. Bob Perry is bringing the Blind. Regards Craig Daniels Treasurer Earls Of Zetland Malt Tasting Club 22 March 2003 Work Phone # (08) 8110 2206Next meeting: 26 March 2003 "Glengoyne Vertical "I suppose that Glengoyne has always been a lesser light, mainly because the owners never bothered to release anything that showed what good whisky they could produce. The Glengoyne 1972 55.9% was our top rating malt of 2001, which was no mean feat considering it beat Macallan 18, and Highland Park 18. The other interesting fact is that the Glengoyne 17 was judged the world's best Single Malt in 2002 through Whisky Magazine's Best of the Best international tasting. It's always been a good whisky, but it stretches credibility that it might be considered the best in the world. For what its worth, Glenfiddich 40 was judged the best single malt in 2003, but it was beaten as best whisky by a blend in Cutty Sark 25. Hmmmm, maybe I'm a whisky snob, but my guess would be that a lot of the judges weren't all that familiar with, or fond of single malts. The Glengoyne 21 is a good solid whisky, and the
family resemblance to the 17yo is definitely there, but the
interesting thing is that if you tasted them side by side and
blindfolded, I think most people would think the 21 is younger
than the 17. I don't know why, but the 21 has some hot notes in
the nose that suggest youth.
Rest of 2003 - Programme at a glance
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