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Auchroisk 19 Year Old 1990 Single Cask 95.13 Afternoon Tea In A Patisserie Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2009) 75cl
Auchroisk 19 Year Old 1990 Single Cask 95.13 Afternoon Tea In A Patisserie Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2009) 75cl
1 of 287 bottles produced
An early Auchroisk from SMWS and not many are bottled in comparison to others.
This was only released in USA so a little more whisky at 75cl instead of 70cl.
It is such a delight to see some of the really early editions of the SMWS single cask bottlings. Even better to drink them!
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.
It has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!
The SMWS are one of the Britain's most revered independent bottlers with a worldwide network of partner bars with one mission of getting as much whisky at natural cask strength without water to different nations including USA, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Austria, Germany and many others.
These older labels from the first runs are mostly with distillation methods that include direct heat which was replaced with steam for many distilleries for environmental reasons changing the taste of whisky forever. It'll get real interesting when nuclear fusion is used to distil whisky. We might glow green for a few weeks after we drink the stuff. Who knows.... but all we know is that the old stuff has a musky taste that is VERY welcomed by people nowadays trying to time travel through whisky's past.
TASTING NOTES FROM WHISKY AFFICIONADO
Nose: This bottling begins neat with a slightly alcoholic impression and is somewhat reserved. However, it quickly develops towards light vanilla, pear, a hint of apple, and a hint of nuttiness. The longer the malt is allowed to breathe in the air, the more rounded the aroma becomes, reminiscent of old rum, dried fruit, licorice, and blackberries. Very complex.
Diluted, the aroma also offers notes of rum, plums, and spicy, delicious dried fruit combined with vanilla. A lovely, delicious, "old nose."
Palate: Without added water, the taste impression is dry, followed by malty sweetness, blackberries, and more vanilla. The body is medium-complex.
With water, the palate also enhances, offering vanilla, malty sweetness, blackberries, and more dried fruit, all in a beautiful interplay. It opens up and the body becomes fuller.
Finish: The finish is medium-long and offers more blackberry notes, sweetness, and vanilla with a light tannin touch and a spicy wood note.
Even with water, the finish remains consistent.
Conclusion: A very interesting nose with a round, pleasant palate creates a beautiful bottling. With water, the malt becomes stronger.
About Auchroisk
Auchroisk [pronounced Orth-rusk] is one of Diageo’s ‘nutty-spicy’ sites.
Here the heavy character is produced by rapid mashing, quick fermentation and, in the wash stills, a rapid boiling regime which almost cooks the solids and allows controlled carryover of some solids. This almost singed character [shared with Blair Athol] is most obvious at new make but recedes with maturation, being replaced by a balanced honeyed cereal sweetness.
The building of Auchroisk in 1972 was meant to herald the start of a new era for blended Scotch. Certainly architecturally (like its contemporary, Allt-a-Bhainne) it stands out – a white, harled, modernist structure in the moorland. It was commissioned by IDV, at that time the parent firm of J&B which had decided that sales of the blend justified another distillery being built to join its Speyside portfolio of Glen Spey, Knockando and Strathmill.
Auchroisk was first bottled as single malt in 1986 and was the first to carry the prefix ‘Singleton’, a name now attached to single malts from Glen Ord, Glendullan and Dufftown. Although highly regarded by writers and judges in its time, it never quite made the leap from cult to major brand. Interestingly, the maturation process involved decanting 10-year-old ex-Bourbon matured whisky into ex-Sherry casks for a further two years of secondary maturation, making it the first example of finishing, but IDV never thought of talking up the process, leaving Balvenie and Glenmorangie to be regarded as the pioneers of the technique. The brand was dropped in 2001 and has subsequently quietly slipped back into the shadows.
Although somewhat remote, the large tracts of land surrounding the distillery make this the ideal site for one of Diageo’s main northern warehousing complexes.
58.4% ABV
75cl
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