Tag: Vintage 1990

Rating 8/ 10
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Lheraud Petite Champagne 1990 Cask Sample #19

Nose: An elegant funk jazz piano solo. Forest strawberries, cranberry relish. Medjool dates

Palate: Strawberry and black pepper syrup, a beautiful strong layer of oak that is the showpiece but doesn’t overwhelm. This is definitely yum

Rating: 8 / 10 – these are so absurdly good. Elegant on the nose and powerful on the palate. It’s like drinking 1993 glendronachs for me. Fruit sherry notes and oak. Less fruity than the traditional cognac drinker would probably prefer and just oaky enough to make the armagnac and americans swoon.

Rating 6/ 10
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Aberlour 17 Year “Ne Me Quitte Pas” 1990/2008 Cask CO-65 LMDW 52.7%

Nose: Spearmint, lime, redvines

Palate: Lime zest frosting, copper penny, cinnamon, guarapo

Rating: 6 / 10 – a fine vibrant bottle

Rating 7/ 10
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Domaine de Barigos 1990 / March 2019 45.3% by Darroze

Nose: I joined a sherry bomb tasting last week and could easily have snuck this in. With this nose, it might have even taken best in show. Leather, cocoa fruit pods, tobacco. Dried cherries, dates and ripe end of season plums. Back to the chocolate.

Palate: First sip is like an ephemeral dream, fleeting. Wish it had a hint more kick as it starts in thin. But once I set that high proof whisky curmudgeon in his corner and chill the duck out, I really delight in the palate. I used to soak dark cherries in bourbon in my freezer. In theory to make cocktails but in reality because they make such a sweet-tart rich bite. A craft cola that leans into its herbal nature. Very gentle coffee and chocolate notes. The oak shows as a mild tannic bitter but at this abv it’s a beautiful base note.

Rating: 7 / 10 – the more I drink the more it evolves. If you told me this was an old glen grant I would believe you.

Rating 4/ 10
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Glenallachie 14 Year 1990 40% For Delhaize Belgium

Nose: Vanilla, butter, white peach tea, cucumber water.

Palate: Gentle, rhubarb, swiss chard, lime/lemon/grapefruit zest.

Rating: 4 (Ryan) 3 (Shane) / 10 – While exploring times gone by has merit, I asked Ryan how he would rate this blind. And we ultimately agreed, there is no good reason to shorten our lives for this juice. It lacks spirit.

Rating 5/ 10
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Littlemill 24 Year 1990/2014 50.6% for Maltbarn

Nose: Tangerine, subtle fleeting note of violet, meyer lemons, guava, essence of grapefruit, rose hip tea

Palate: Milk chocolate, grapefruit and lemon peel, perfume and cheap hair spray, that note of old wood again. Slightly bitter and herbal on the finish.

Rating: 5 / 10 – coming off the Hart Brother’s sherry cask samples, the core dna that is Littlemill is present here. Hats off to them for capturing that with the addition of the sherry cask at play. We are just finding that maybe we don’t love Littlemill, but we have more samples to try and will report back.