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Laphroaig 1999 Coopers Choice Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Laphroaig
88
Laphroaig 1999 Coopers Choice
A 9 year old single cask whisky from the Laphroaig distillery. This was distilled in 1999, matured in refill sherry butt number 2301 and bottled for the Coopers Choice range in 2009 There are just 780 bottles of this.

This dram has a white-like color.

Nose (92): inexistent. sea, salt, iodine, citrus, peat. First nosing data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field. Like being near the shore of the sea on a calm day

Palate (88): . many peat, salt, a little sweet. Bouquet data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Finish (84): no finish. some peat, salt. Finish length is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Laphroaig 1999 Coopers Choice with 88 points over 100.

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Embrujo de Granada Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Destilerias Liber
84
Embrujo de Granada
A great Spanish whisky ellaborated at Granada, just under Sierra Nevada using their fabulous water supplies and the best Spanish barley. Then this dark tawny whisky is aged for years in Pedro Ximenez cask from Jerez giving the result of a dark, sweet whisky with lots of raisins and cocoa. It is very floral.

This dram has a tawny-like color.

Nose (84): average. many floral, sweet, raisins and liquorice.

Palate (85): smooth, oily. sweet, a little chocolate, raisins, floral.

Finish (82): average. sweet, chocolate .

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Embrujo de Granada with 84 points over 100.

[UPDATE:] This wqs the a 3.5 years old whisky. One of the very first batches Destilerias Liber released. Just read the tasting note of the older 5-6 years old bottling that I tasted in WhiskyLive Madrid.

The overall experience is not bad: It is a good whisky, not too complex, on the style of the lowlands. I look forward to try it at an older age, as I have been told that they are maturing it more to create a “black label” expression ( Johnnie walker is omnipresent in Spain :P )


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If you could drink only one whisky...

By Miguel in Tasting , News

bottle of Lagavulin 16 years old

If I am forced to choose a single whisky that I would have to drink for the rest of my life, and that I would have to keep buying for the rest of my life ( money! always money! ) I would go closed eyes for Lagavulin 16 years old.

It is cheaper than Macallan, more tastier than Ardbeg, peatier than Bowmore and has the great nose of the three. It is peat, sweet malt, with a great thing on the nose that I associate with the Macallan Fine Oak, don’t know: perhaps vanilla? a bit of oak? citrus? floral? I don’t know, I just love it.


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