Edencroft Has Two New Releases From The Old Malt Cask
Edencroft Fine Wine & Spirit Specialists have some very nice Limited New Releases this week with a couple of offerings from ‘THE OLD MALT CASK’.
They are the 27 YEAR OLD GLEN MHOR – DISTILLED AUGUST 1982 and the 27 YEAR OLD DAILUAINE – DISTILLED FEBRUARY 1983.
Fair warning though, there are only six bottles (of the Glen Mohr) and five bottles (of the Dailuaine) available for each malt whisky so I wouldn’t dither if you don’t want to risk being disappointed.
So, let’s check out the goodies …
27 YEAR OLD GLEN MHOR – DISTILLED AUGUST 1982
This is one of the ‘lost’ malts being that The Glen Mhor distillery closed it’s operations in 1983. The distillery has now been demolished (and a shopping centre was been built upon the site. Oh! The shame of it!)
It received 95 Points from the Whisky Bible with these tasting notes:-
Nose: peat-smoked oak; vanilla cream Swiss roll…simply gor-geous.
Taste: smoked-spiced delivery with several layers of lime and caramelised ginger; juicy and improbably sensuous with the peat returning to fill the middle rather nimbly.
Finish: tires but there is enough Demerara to see off the worst of the oak; the smoke-laden spice is a constant – rather delicious – noise to the very end and helped by a very light oil.
Balance: more time on its dial than Big Ben. But plenty of the smoky spice of life… this is astonishingly good.
(Copyright Whisky Bible 20011)
It is priced at £105.00 per bottle – only six bottles available.
And the second malt …
Edencroft's Releases Are Glen Mohr and Dailuaine
27 YEAR OLD DAILUAINE – DISTILLED FEBRUARY 1983
Dailuaine (pronounced “Dal-oo-ayn”) means ‘green vale’ and it’s name perfectly describes the distilleries location and rich surroundings. The Dailuaine distillery is located between the mountain Ben Rinnes (The Ben) and the river Spey at the village of Carron. It was founded in 1852 by William Mackenzie.
The whiskies produced at Dailuaine are the major components of the Johnnie Walker blends. Only 2% of the product is marketed as single malt so this release of the 27 year old single malt makes it a very rare beast indeed.
It received 93.5 Points from the Whisky Bible with these tasting notes:-
Nose: bloody hell… smoke!!! And we’re not talking a couple of ppms, either. Sweet, almost a touch of cloves, to dance with the phenols.
Taste: probably the best delivery from this distillery I’ve come across in 20 years. Not only is the peat chewy, but there are sumptuous waves of Demerara blending in perfectly; the mid-dle is entirely consumed with vanilla and barley, with the smoke drifting around the back of the palate: what a treat…
Finish: the usual distillery leaden-footed lushness works to good effect here as the smoked honey goes full length…
Balance: don’t get me wrong. I am not just making this up be-cause it is a peaty malt. There are any number in this book which have underwhelmed me, as you can see. No, this is all about the sublime marriage between the smoke and varying sugary notes. A real journey of a dram… what a discovery!! .
(Copyright Whisky Bible 20011)
Price: £99.50 per bottle – only five bottles available.
