Irish Malt 26 Years Old Liquid Treasures Special Summer Dram 2018 Selection 48.3% 1992

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Serge Valentin (90)

Summer dram? How fitting, it is scorching hot in Alsace at time of writing.

Colour: dark straw.

Nose: there, cantaloupes, heather honey, preserved mangos, pink bananas, damp old wood, pine needles, menthol, Kools… Enough said. I mean, written.

Mouth: this slightly mentholy fruitiness that aficionados love so much. Oranges, mint leaves, olive oil, all-flower honey, passion fruits, apple peelings, perhaps two fresh walnuts (per glass). Also fresh almonds.
Finish: rather long, wonderfully almondy and fruity. A feeling of old pine liqueurs from old countries from an old continent.

Comments: actually, the 1993 improved once exposed to more oxygen – while we were done with it. So, same scores…