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Bottle Details:
Distillery: Secret Islay
Bottler: The Whisky Jury (TWJ)
Bottling serie: Exclusive bottling for Nanyang Whisky, Singapore
Vintage: 1990
Bottled: 2021
Stated Age: 30 years old
Casktype: Refill Barrel
Casknumber: 4404302
Number of bottles: 242
Strength: 49.8 % Vol.
Secret Islay 30yo, The Whisky Jury | Exclusive for Nanyang Whisky
Nose: slightly more mineral and clean at first. Hints of seaweed and ginger, spearmint, beach pebbles and grassy / herbal smoke. Hints of iodine. Orange, grapefruit, lime. Salty sea breeze and wet fabrics. Slightly more chiseled – I was going to write that this one lacks the warm waxy touch and subtle vanilla that I found in its sister cask, but after a while they seemed to grow towards each other and became hard to discern.
Mouth: same evolution from herbal and coastal notes to juicy fruits and back. Slightly more hints of white pepper now, maybe slightly more peat as well. Some other Laphroaigs from this vintage are even more fruity, but it’s nice to have nice leftovers of this tarry smoke as well. Barley notes, seawater, grapefruit zest and the lightest hint of mustard.
Finish: long, still fairly peppery, with oily touches, lemons and medicinal notes.
What a great combo, these are really excellent drams. The other one gets one extra point for having a brighter fruitiness and balancing the austerity with rounder notes just a little more. Both great though.
Score: 90/100