Ladyburn 08-year-old JM Fine Malt Selection - Miniature
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ladyburn |
| Bottler | James MacArthur (JM) |
| Bottling Series | Fine Malt Selection - Miniature |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 50 ml |
| Label | unnumbered serie |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Lowlands |
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Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
this is a fresher and even grassier version of Macallan but the link with the ones we had before is very obvious. Again, it’s quality spirit, even if young. Malty and minty, with hints of violets and beeswax… Maybe a little shy, I’d bet water will make it more talkative. So, with water (amazing how it got hugely soapy just after I added water – which is normal, always wait for one or two minutes after having added water to your whisky) we get a nice wax a la Clynelish, even more violets, apples, quinces, cranberry juice… It’s quite talkative, after all!
restaurant Palate
it’s just like a ‘1851’ at cask strength, which is amazing. It seems that Macallan’s spirit got hugely consistent since a few years – not that it wasn’t before, of course, but maybe the sherry did sort of hide that consistency. Excellent liquorice, vanilla and caramel, mint, crystallized apples… Extremely good at such young age, but let’s try it with water again: yes, it’s perfect, very, very compact, superbly liquoricy just like the OB’s, with a perfect oakiness and excellent ‘natural’ vanilla. And the finish is just like the OB’s, quite perfect – at just 8yo! Congrats Mr Stirk for having sourced this. 87 points . MUSIC – Recommended listening: a little gypsy jazz again, this time with the German wing and Lulu Reinhardt (although Lulu is Alsatian, not German) and Hans'che Weiss doing Lulu swing.mp3 . Plain excellent again, sehr gut guys. Please buy their music! March 29 , 2007 PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK (with thanks to Nick) TASTING – TWO LADYBURNS (well, one, actually) Ladyburn 8 yo (40%, OB, circa 2000) This was made by The Ladyburn Distilling Company, a subsidiary of William Grant & Sons, former owner of the actual distillery. It’s believed not to be genuine Ladyburn but rather a vatting of various undisclosed malts – NOT including Ladyburn. This bottle has already been highly misleading at auctions, like the ‘Ben Wyvis’ by Invergordon at McTears just was. McTears sold one right yesterday for no less than £360 + 15% fees + VAT whilst it’s barely worth the 19.90 Euros they were still asking for in Holland a few months ago (and it’s not even good!). Bad move if you ask me (and imagine McTears estimated this ‘official fake’ at between £400 and £600!) Anyway, there’s more about that on Johannes’ Malt Madness log (yeah, it’s alive and kicking again, hurray!), so back to our ‘Ladyburn’
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