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Decadent drinks can't tell you that this is from the closed Caperdonich distillery, but we are under no such restrictions. 'Gone Grant' is a rather clever name for a distillery once call Glen Grant #2. Distilled in 1993, the whisky matured 31 years in a 2nd Fill ex-Bourbon Barrel before bottling at 43.9%. 90pts Whiskybase
Producer Description
"Whisky Sponge Edition No.89 is from a closed Speyside distillery that sounds like ‘Cap her sporran itch’. It is a single 2nd fill barrel, distilled and filled in 1993, matured full term for 31 years and then bottled at natural cask strength.
It tastes like delicious, easy drinking, full-bodied, old style Speyside malt whisky. And if that sounds like your sort of gig, they you had jolly well better buy a bottle or two of this whisky, goddammit!"
700 mlAndrew's Tasting Note
Nose: decadent, fruity, and waxy with an old-school vibe; waxy, like the strip atop a pad of lined paper; bursting with citric and tropical fruits: Five Alive, grilled pineapple, green mango, papaya, and kiwi; floral and dusty; old paper envelopes and photos from the attic.
Palate: bright, fruity, and waxy with floral top notes: honeysuckle, rosehips, and a touch of vanilla pod. It is still rather waxy and nostalgic. It is also still dusty, reminding me of going through my grandparents' attic. Most importantly, it is still very fruity. It is tropical in an assorted Jelly Bellies kind of way, with Starburst Fruit Candies, Five Alive, and Juicy Fruit gum.
Finish: light, fresh, floral, and fruity, with just a touch of sweetness; elegant, toasty, and smooth... I hope that last oft-overused word doesn't trigger anyone... but it applies here.
Comment: Capperdonich, aka Glen Grant #2, has rarely wowed me; I've tried a number of good bottlings over the years, but it is not a distillery I've followed obsessively; this is a standout, and one of the best Capperdonichs I've had in the last 5 years; old-school, tropical, and an all-round excellent spirit forward bottling!
Producer Tasting Note (Giusepe Linguini...)
Noses: furtive inceptions of Hawking radiation and salad entropy. Black hole at back of fridge sucking in all known niceness. Charismatic dust, unknown quantum particles and vintage copy of Radio Times. Civilizational collapse followed by shiny new laws of thermodynamics. Terraformed bergamot.
Tastings: euphoric discovery of Planet Wax! 1970s BBC leftwing subversiveness, cotton buds and erotic heather fumbling tinged with 19th-century Tartary romanticism, with additional spaceships! Ongoings of recycled newness, hot salad with sentience uplift, green apple chewing bum and after whispers of trans-dimensional engineering.
Finishings: Singularity, then elongates and sub-divides in many directions like Donald Trump speech.
Stars our of 100...91!: Like to go through a terrifying wormhole only to be delight by nice cheese sandwich.
$724.99
This 1994 Tomatin as matured in a "knackered old" refill sherry hogshead cask for 29 years before bottling at 49.5%. 89.56pts Whiskybase
Producer Desciption
"We’ve been searching for a good cask of Tomatin for a while, and this one offered a very pure and vivid take on this distillery’s inherent fruitiness. Fully matured in a relatively light touch old ex-sherry hogshead, the result is super fresh, fruity and focussed on that mature refill style. Very much our kind of dram and our preferred style of Tomatin.
"Whisky Sponge Edition No.82 is a 29 year old, 1994 Tomatin. It was matured full term in a knackered old refill sherry hogshead and we bottled the resultant fruit salad juice at natural cask strength."
