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12th September 2011 |
Port Dundas 20 Year Old 1990
 Port
Dundas was a a historic, now closed
grain distillery in Glasgow. This bottle
of Port Dundas 20 year old is a very
rare single grain bottling and the first
ever 100% grain whisky to be released in
the Diageo Special Releases Series. It
is also the first official distillery
bottling to released at this age.
Liquid from three different casks were
distilled in 1990 and then aged three
years in refill, then in equal parts
aged for 17 more years in either new
American Oak Bodega, new European Oak
Charred or first fill ex-Bourbon
American Oak. Incredibly rare and
unrepeatable; very collectable.
Bottled at its natural cask strength of
57.4% ABV, it is a limited edition of
only 1920 individually numbered bottles
and has a RRP of £110.
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Port Dundas 20 Year Old Tasting Notes
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Producer's Tasting Notes:
Appearance:
Deep polished chestnut. Fine beading.
Nose:
Mild, drying nose-feel. Vinous, with
traces of cherry (kirsch-filled dark
chocolates), well-worn leather and
pencil shavings. Opens slowly, revealing
woody, spicy aromas (black tea,
molasses, dates and linseed oil) then
delicate sweet notes of ripe banana,
chocolate and vanilla cream. Finally
turns fresh, resinous, herbal.
Beautifully coherent with water, which
lifts the wood-notes (fresh-cut sappy
pine), until it becomes the inside of an
old school desk (and all its contents)
fusing with vanilla ice cream.
Body:
Dense, liqueur-like.
Palate:
Initially languorous; varnish, linseed
oil. A smooth, rich texture and a sweet
taste, growing into a compelling,
layered, waxy, nuttiness (brazils,
walnuts). Poppy-seed? Silky smooth with
water and altogether more rounded; the
texture smooth, the taste sweet. The
wood cuts through; sandalwood (pencil
box), white pepper and hints of vanilla.
Finish:
Finish: Glorious, lingering and complex.
Simultaneously drying yet coating, with
notes of liquorice, aniseed and burnt
sugar and oak-wood in the aftertaste.
With water: beautifully smooth, long and
rounded, with velvety tannins.
Summary:
Rich, dense and seemingly impenetrable:
an unusual and hugely challenging whisky
whose very elegant complexities are only
fully revealed by adding water. Like a
fine, aged rum dancing with an elegant,
oily Riesling.
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