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Inverarity Ancestral, sherry cask matured 14 years old 40%alc.

Complex, Rich & Delicate

Ancestral is a 14yo sherry cask matured single malt. It is ruby-dark, extremely smooth with great flavour and complexity, very slightly sherry-cloying in the mouth. A wonderful after dinner dram that as our flagship House Malt we have pinned our reputation on to, so it must be an ace!

On the Flavour Map Ancestral exemplifies rich whiskies with no smoke, square H3
Complex, Rich & Delicate

Price excluding VAT: £29.08
£34.90 Including VAT at 20%

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The Macphunn 18yo 57% November 2009

Bottled November 2009

This fourth cask (dated November 2009) of a single sherry-matured Speysider at cask strength bottled for Sir Charles Maclean of Strachur, Loch Fyne.

As a counter to the last bottling which was as black as black is, this one glows from within like amber - the stone rather than amber the colour, a real shine!

Another big sherry-wood dram, but not over the top, so you can speculate that it's from American oak rather than European, I've no idea, but that seems a good, pointless discussion to start with, this is going to be a long and enjoyable evening...

Macphunn 'November 2009' (as described on the label to distinguish it from previous bottlings) is a single sherry butt with a whopping yield of 610 bottles. Inside there is golden syrup to begin with... A nice intro then the real drama starts with a tannic note that twists into an increasingly sherry-sulphury crescendo that never seems to level off - or end - until the swallow when the match-heads peak and the tongue is left as a well-sprung dance-floor for Indiana Jones to fandango! There is a smoky residue that fades with the credits.

Another boffo Macphunn, I'm taking one to share with my chums this evening, let speculation begin! I don't want to call all Macphunns 'ace' because it questions the accolade, but it's definitely boffo.

Flavour Map reference I7
Rich / Rich & Smoky

Added to LFW.CO.UK 9-December-09
Fascinating story here...

Price excluding VAT: £60.83
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Mortlach OB-d 16yo 43%alc.

Well sherried Speyside classic, as good as the best. Smoke, peat, fruit and flowers.

Very complex with a long flavour development and fade.

Ace.

Flavour Map Ref: I6
Rich

Mortlach 16 year old
Barcode: 5000281024455

Price excluding VAT: £34.67
£41.60 Including VAT at 20%

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Dailuaine OB-d 16yo 43%alc.

Sherry-sweet and smoky but not peaty, very different. A great big after dinner dram. Ace?

Flavour Map Ref: I5
Rich

Price excluding VAT: £37.00
£44.40 Including VAT at 20%

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Dalmore OB 12yo 40%alc.

New presentation of Dalmores starts with a limited edition of 64yo with a recomended price of £100,000 for one of the two numbered bottles.

However here the new presentation finishes with a re-vamp of the 12yo by upping the sherry cask ration from a third to half. Not tried it yet, comes in a particularly wide carton so no shop keeper is going to be very happy about that.

Flavour Map Ref: F4
Complex

Product added to lfw.co.uk 12th November, 2007

Dalmore 12 year old
Barcode: 5010196111010

Price excluding VAT: £31.50
£37.80 Including VAT at 20%

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Glenburgie G&M 10yo 40%alc.

Nice soft, whisky-ish Speyside style. Pleasing butter level, no off notes, adequately matured, just a bit too cheep for us to pay the bills with, but a star buy for you.

Glenburgie 10 year old
Barcode: 5020613305021

Price excluding VAT: £19.58
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GlenDronach OB Allardice 18yo 46%alc.

More full Oloroso matured magnificence, compared with the 15yo this is considerably richer, deeper and fruitier and with a hint of that tobacco-sulphuriness that the 15yo is without.

Another ace that fits in square J5 on the flavour map.

GlenDronach Allardice 18 year old
Barcode: 5060088791691

Price excluding VAT: £42.92
£51.50 Including VAT at 20%

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