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28th January 2014 |
The Royal
Lochnagar Friends of the Classic Malts
is a deliciously rich well balanced
whisky which has picked something up
from each of the 3 types of casks it has
spent time in.
 As
you probably read here at the end of
last year Diageo announced the release
of a new series of five limited edition
single malt Scotch Whiskies available
exclusively to their ever expanding
online community of Scotch single malt
whisky drinkers, Friends of the Classic
Malts.
The five different single malts which are set to be
released at intervals over the next 6
months, throughout UK, Germany and
Switzerland. This Royal Lochnagar Friends of
the Classic Malts Limited Edition is one
of the first two bottlings released. The
other being from
Talisker
What is different about this limited
release is that it has been been matured
in a very different way, the Royal
Lochnagar Friends of the Classic Malts has
been triple
matured. It was initially matured in
conventional refill casks then
transferred to charred American oak
hogsheads where it would pick up some
sweet oak and spice, its third and final
maturation was in European
Oak refill casks which would have softened,
mellowed and integrated the aromas and
flavours of the whisky. The whisky was then
bottled at 48% ABV.
Only 3,000 bottles of the Royal
Lochnagar Friends of the Classic Malts
are available from online whisky shops
or at the Royal Lochnagar distillery
shop.
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Dark cherry, some raisins, sweet toasty
vanilla and a touch of moss in the
background.
Taste:
A lovely rich fruity balance of dark
cherry, raisin and orange. Milk
chocolate and some zesty lemon. Mildly
drying oak spice and a touch of ginger
and cinnamon in the background.
Finish:
Long, slowly fading sweet oak, spice and
cinnamon.
Comment:
A delicious rich well balanced whisky
which has picked something up from each
of the 3 types of casks it has spent
time in, this really has worked well.
Missing and thankfully so, is the heavy
caramel normally found in the standard Royal
Lochnagar 12 year old. This really is an
outstanding example of how good this
distillery can be.
Hopefully the 3 releases in this series
which are still to come, whatever
distillery they originate from will
match up to the quality of the Royal
Lochnagar, if they do we are going to
see a cracking series but while you are
waiting on the next three to be
announced I can highly recommend the
Royal Lochnagar Friends of the Classic
Malts and I don't think it will be
around long with only 3,000 available.
Remember to join the Friends of the
Classic Malts community at www.malts.com
so you are eligible to purchase the
special Friends bottlings.
SMW Score
92/100
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