Uitvlugt Port Mourant 1999/2024 (47.1%, The Whisky Jury, Guyana, refill barrel, cask #88, 173 bottles)
It’s worth remembering that 1999 was the final year for Uitvlugt before everything was transferred to Diamond, including the very old Port Mourant still, which had first been at Albion before being moved to Uitvlugt. Let’s say it again, please repeat—the still from… Colour: gold. Nose: monstrously beautiful, as the relatively low bottling strength already hinted. Extraordinary notes of fresh rubber, liquorice, overripe mangoes, oysters, olives, Bakelite, engine oil, and oil paint in every imaginable colour (really?), plus linoleum… Mouth: this is absolutely maddening. A perfect combination of mango, tar, liquorice, and seaweed. And countless other nuances, but we don’t have all day… Finish: long, with salinity becoming even more pronounced. The mango and other elements echo in the aftertaste, which is just slightly astringent overall. Fairly strong pepper. Comments: very, very maddening.
SGP:463 – 91 points. |
