50,8°
Distillery Officially Unknown - Scotland
Refill Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Decadend Drinks
Limited Edition
Blended Scotch
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Last year, I tasted this 50-year-old Blended Grain, which I mentioned here. And this time, they waved this 52-year-old whisky under my nose, telling me it was the same. Could they both have aged in the same cask? It's very possible, especially since this one only yielded 177 bottles. And the fact that the maturation is exactly the same confirms this hypothesis. You would have to taste them both in succession to see the difference, and I wonder why I didn't do that.
Let's Taste It :
Very floral nose, with light and airy fruit, cane sugar, dried caramel, pears and apples, peaches, slivered almonds, jasmine, coconut, grapefruit and pineapple. Sandalwood, marzipan and sugar paste. Rustic, farmhouse flavours. Sanded parquet flooring, parchment, tea left on the bedside table. On the palate, it is a little below par, it's smooth, rose water, lychees, banana and cereal flakes. Oats, chopped wheat. Light spices. The finish is very long, quite powerful, slightly sour honey, orange marmalade, pickles, watermelon seeds.
In Short,
When I compare the tasting notes, I see that the two blends are very different. If they come from the same cask, then something surprising has happened in two years, the liquid has reacted strongly to the sudden influx of fresh air. In any case, it has become a very good whisky, where age imposes its subtle and evanescent character, where each note is as if polished by the long wait. Obviously, the price is very high, but not that high for this age.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
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