The Whisky Agency 43 Years Old Speyside Region Good Vibes 1973 49.2% 1973

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (90)

Colour: gold. Nose: we’ll keep this short. Beehive, pollen, nectar, beeswax, overripe apples, artisan cider, IPA, fruity hops, dried longans and jujubes... Great. I had warned you, short. Mouth: sweet and spicy oak, sweet curry, aniseed, honey, beeswax, mint honey, cider apples, cinnamon cake and mints, nutmeg. Really short – not this whisky, mind you. Finish: long. Wonderful oak spices, more cinnamon, more mint, some cloves. Guinness and other dark beers in the aftertaste. Comments: totally and plainly excellent, or when oaken old whisky managed to remain balanced and deep, thanks to some perfect oaky spices. I know, that was short.

Words of Whisky (93)

Whiskynotes:Nose: oh so fragrant! I love the overdose of polished furniture – I think sandalwood. Humidor, yes. Also quince jelly, orange skin, dried apricots, as well as light tropical notes and red berries. Hints of cardamom and oriental pastries. Oily, rather dry, just wonderful. Mouth: surprisingly bright and rather sweet, with a lot of minty / mentholated notes alongside the dried fruits. Plenty of beeswax again. Then a burst of fresh oranges and orange blossom water, before returning to eucalyptus and polished wood. Hints of old Calvados. Light mocha. Finish: long, with some drying oak but also dried fruits.
Difficult to choose. Actually both profiles are pretty close together – we already know the type of sherry doesn’t matter much after so many years. I’ll have give them the same score but I would pick this as my favourite of these recent undisclosed Speysiders.