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The Whisky Jury, Secret Speyside 30yo, 1990 vintage, 53.2%abv
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
February 20, 2022 (edited February 22, 2022)
Another nicely aged expression from the lads of "The Whisky Jury". Yet another "Secret Speyside 30yo", but now at a higher strength. 53.2%abv to be exact. As i always tell you, i am not a Speyside fan, i am more into a sherry bomb or a peat overload. Having said that, this might be one of the greatest fruity drams i have had in a couple of years.
On the nose, it is a mixture between citric, acid and forest fruits. Gooseberries, lemon peel. Lovely honey. Apricots. A perfumed chocolate note. Peels of different fruits. Mostly citric and juicy. There is a floral profile to it. Red fruits have risen after a couple of minutes. Milk formula and Tiramisu. Peaches and hay. After a first sip the fruitiness becomes more rounded, you can nose the lemon and the peaches and the milk powder all at the same time. It is uncanny how accurate the lemon peel note is. A big, green, fresh lemon. After a couple of sips, this has turned into a Capn' Crunch cereal with milk and sugar; the aroma is very complex, fun and enjoyable.
On the palate, i think it did a great effort to impress me. Lemon, lime, gooseberries. It has a spicy, strong chilli. It is very fresh. Second sip started with some sugar syrup; the acidity kicks in after 3 seconds, in a fruity way. The spiciness has been tamed. Sugar syurp and a note that i can only describe as capn' crunch cereal has appeared. Definitively sugary as more sips reach your palate. Very acid as well. Full of flavor. Is like those acid lollipops.
Aftertaste is oaky. Sawdust, very woody in an awesome way, i am not a fan of using "woody" or "oaky" as a tasting note, but here it fits perfectly. It dries out your mouth. It is like licking a paper sheet. Second sip gave me a grassy, hay aftertaste which is very rewarding. It is so dry that you feel all the water in your tongue has ceased to exist. The oakiness has turned into a sweet woody chocolate somehow after a couple of sips. Tobacco.
Overall, after having 4 whiskies from this independent bottler, i feel to say that i would blindly recommend anything from them. Even if i haven't tasted one of their expressions, if someone asks me what do i think about "The Whisky Jury", i would say that i just love everything from them. That is the impression i got right now. I hope more whiskies are released, and i hope to get my hands on them. My score for this amazing dram is a 92 over 100.
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