Tag: Vintage 1985

Rating 3/ 10
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Glenallachie 1985 40%

Nose: Holy bananas, banana bread, freeze dried bananas. Walnuts, baking powder, honeysuckle. Okay you may all hate me, but I can’t unsmell it even after setting it down. Wet pampers.

Palate: Boring. This water has some nice mineral elements, kinda tastes like water used to clean the still. And tastes a touch like cardboard. Shane “wonders” if it tastes like wet pampers, but can neither confirm nor deny that. Subtle coffee and fruits on the finish.

Rating: 2 (Shane) 3 (Ryan) / 10 – meh is being generous. I think time has done it in.

Rating 4/ 10
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L’Encantada Domaine Laoué 1985 / Nov 2021 Cask #32 48.1%

Nose: Floral and perfumey edging on potpourri, violet, rose hip, rhubarb pie, gummy bears, jordan almonds, candied fruit slices.

Palate: Herbal and woody, orange peel, cloves, hairspray, for the abv this hits surprisingly hot.

Rating: 4 / 10 – this is actually both quite good and absolutely not my thing.

Rating 5/ 10
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Domaine Artigaux 1985 by L’Encantada

Nose: Apple tree in bloom, kombucha and cider vinegar. Cigar tobacco vibe, licorice root.

Palate: Intense oak bomb. I feel like a termite. High proof but the alcohol only plays on the finish. Concentrated plum along the dr pepper spectrum. Almost a pepto bismol sweetness. I rarely say it’s too much, but tonight it’s too much.

Rating: 5 / 10 – timber.