Balvenie – Slowdrink.de https://www.slowdrink.de Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:21:02 +0000 de hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.6 Mancarella’s New Bottlings in the Review https://www.slowdrink.de/2018/10/mancarella/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:20:41 +0000 https://www.slowdrink.de/?p=9785 Weiterlesen →]]> Dino Mancarella was on the hunt again and has selected new whisky. I am thrilled to try them because his previous bottlings really convinced me. Let’s go straight to the glass:

 

SpeysideSpeyside Region 1989 Mancarella Region 28 y.o. Mancarella 1989 – 2018, Bourbon cask, 93 btl., 47,6%

Comment: Very fruity (pink grapefruit, maracuja, garden fruits) and full of blossom honey. This has good maturity and balance, the wood is exactly right. Mint, chili, bloody steak, a trace of ginger and the sweetness of vanilla pastries in the nose. On the palate it delivers similarly. very soft but lacking a bit of power. However, it is so refined, I forgive 🙂 – a winner, again.

Score: 90-91

 

 

InvergordonInvergordon 44 Mancarella Grain 1973 44 y.o. Mancarella 1973 – 2018, Bourbon cask, 106 btl., 52,3%

Comment: Those Grains are winning ground in the community of whisky nerds. A profile in the middle between Rum, Scotch and Bourbon makes them very complex at higher age. This one is no exception. Clear grainy whiffs meet Barbados-Rum (coconut, pineapple, soft smoke, vanilla), demerara sugar, lime blossom, blueberries, resin, maple syrup, apple crumble with cinnamon, gingerbread and what not, an amazing Bourbon cask did ist work here. For sweet teeth and lovers of complex drams. Wow!

Score: 91+

Dino and Pit

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