Diageo Special Releases 2016: Auchroisk / Brora / Caol Ila / Lagavulin / Port Ellen / Cragganmore / Glenkinchie / Mannochmore / Cambus / Linkwood
Month: May 2016
Highland Park 16 yo 1999 (56,6%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange 2016, first-fill bourbon barrel #4260) – 88/100
Gouden Carolus ‘Pure Taste Anker Cask’ (50%, OB 2016)
Bunnahabhain ‘Eich Bhana Lìr’ 46 Year Old // Tobermory 42 Year Old 1973 // Scapa Glansa // Glen Grant 12yo and 18yo
Strathisla 1967 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail 2015) – 91/100
Bruichladdich Classic Laddie – Scottish Barley (50%, OB 2015) – 85/100
Irish single malt 24yo 1991 (49,5%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’ 2016, bourbon barrel, 152 btl.) – 91/100
Vallein-Tercinier cognac: 1973, L’érotique 1969, Lot 65, Très Vieux Fins Bois, Rue 34
Bowmore 1997 ‘Shellfish platter’ (46%, Wemyss Malts 2015, hogshead, 330 btl.) – 86/100
Big Peat – Feis Ile 2016 (48%, Douglas Laing 2016, 500 btl.) – 85/100
Compass Box The Circus (49%, Compass Box 2016, 2490 btl.) – 87/100
Caol Ila 8 yo 2007 (53,7%, The Whisky Agency ‘Good Vibes’ 2016, bourbon hogshead, 324 btl.) – 84/100
Caol Ila 2007 (51,2%, Beacon Spirits 2015, 168 btl.) – 86/100
Cognac Vallein – Tercinier: Napoléon, Fine Champagne XO, Hors d’Âge, Lot 90 for Malternative & Liquid Art
Compass Box Enlightenment (46%, Compass Box 2016, 5922 btl.) – 86/100
Deanston 14 Year Old ‘Organic’ // Bunnahabhain 13 Year Old Marsala finish // Redbreast Sherry Finish ‘Lustau Edition’ // Glenmorangie Pride 1974 // Johnnie Walker Island Green
Aberlour 16 yo (53,5%, OB for TWE 2016, first-fill sherry cask #4738, 282 btl.) – 89/100
Speyside Region 43 yo 1973 (49,2%, The Whisky Agency ‘Good Vibes’ 2016, sherry butt, 324 btl.) – 94/100
Speyside Region 40 yo 1975 (55%, The Whisky Agency ‘Good Vibes’ 2016, Fino sherry butt, 389 btl.) – 92/100
Glendalough 13 yo (46%, OB +/- 2016) – 83/100
Springbank 1965 (46%, Lombard ‘Jewels of Scotland’ 2002) – 90/100
Tomatin 21 yo 1994 (48%, Claxton’s 2015, refill hogshead #11247, 217 btl.) – 86/100
Old Pulteney 1989 (46%, OB 2015, peated cask, 255 btl.) – 88/100
Invergordon 43 yo 1972 (49,8%, Whisky Nerds 2016, bourbon barrel #13-05, 102 btl.) – 88/100
Caol Ila 32 yo 1984 (52,9%, Cadenhead Small Batch for The Nectar 2016, 10th Anniversary, bourbon hogshead, 234 btl.) – 91/100
Laphroaig 18 yo (48%, OB +/- 2016) – 90/100