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news2026-06-11
Buds & Barrels, Double-V, Klubb23, Crann, The Green Door
In case you don't recognize these names immediately: all of these are (smaller) Belgian bottlers or clubs .You may know Buds & Barrels as a whisky shop, but they also have their own range. Then there's Double-V who bottled the 25th anniversary bottling of whisky club The Green Door . Last but not least: a bottling by Klubb23 for Crann Whisky Club. 
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news2026-06-07
Maltbarn: Balblair, Teaninich, Dalmunach, Linkwood
Some time ago we already had a series of new whiskies from Maltbarn, that had been presented at the Limburg festival. Issues with logistics caused some others to be delayed, but here they are now.It seems to be fairly modest selection for this bottler. They're all young or middle-aged whiskies - the older releases were in the previous review. 
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news2026-06-01
Enter the Meursault megastars
How do you make steely, just-bottled white Burgundy from a cool vintage look even more razor-sharp? Serve it in a Meursault shed just days after the end of winter. So it was when I rocked up to day six of this Grand Jours de Bourgogne adventure, walking into another tonnellerie (the Tonnellerie Damy if you're playing Google Maps spotto at home) with icy breath and jacket buttoned right up. It didn't hurt the wines, though. I don't think anything can. The post Enter the Meursault megastars appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review .
by Andrew Graham3 views
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news2026-05-28
Zodiac series: Clynelish, Glenlossie, Laphroaig, Croftengea
The Whisky Exchange presented a second quartet of whiskies from the Zodiac series . We tried four whiskies in February already - after this one more batch will follow. My own sign turns out to be translated as Clynelish...  Clynelish 10 yo 2015 (52,8%, The Whisky Exchange 'The Zodiac' 2025, bourbon barrel #51246, 255 btl.) Nose: lots of crisp green apples and lemons, candle wax, along with subtle vegetative undertones. Light chalk. Perhaps a little pineapple or yellow plum. Then a little icing sugar and sweet cucumber lemonade. Mouth: a simple but very enjoyable combination of sweet and tart fruits (kiwi, banana, apple, gooseberry) with beeswax and a pinch of pepper. The cask made it a bit sweeter than I expected, but also really pleasant. Plain malty notes. Hints of vanilla and grapefruit. Finish: medium long, with added zesty notes and a subtle grassy touch along with sweet wax.Still young, so complexity is not the highest. That said, it's a perfectly lovable spirit with all the
by Ruben1 view
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news2026-05-25
Glenfarclas 2015 (Spirit of Speyside)
A few weeks ago German reader Sven contacted me about a new Glenfarclas 2015 bottled for the Spirit of Speyside Festival. He asked me about the definition of a Matusalem cask : is this simply a brand name or also related to the size of the cask?Matusalem is a brand of sherry produced by González Byass. Until 2012 it could be called Amoroso or sweet Oloroso (with 25% PX added to it), but nowadays it's technically a Cream sherry. They use a series of biblical names for their oldest wines — Noé, Apóstoles, and Matusalem. All of them are aged well beyond 30 years in a solera system. While common at Dalmore for instance, the cask came to Glenfarclas as a second fill through a broker. Their normal supplier is José y Miguel Martin.The question about the size of the cask is also interesting. Note that Glefarclas released 803 bottles which equals around 562 litres. Most distilleries claim that a sherry butt only contains around 500 litres. It all depends what you call a 'standard butt'.
by Ruben2 views
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news2026-04-23
Enter the delicious 2023 Pommard & Volnay red wines (and more Côte de Beaune beauties)
Welcome to another instalment of ‘these are all the Burgundies I’ve tasted recently’, a collection of indulgent tasting highlights from the Grand Jours de Bourgogne 2026 (a week-long Burgundian wine fair in early March). So far in this series, I’ve […] The post Enter the delicious 2023 Pommard & Volnay red wines (and more Côte de Beaune beauties) appeared first on Australian Wine and Drinks Review .
by Andrew Graham4 views
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news2025-10-21
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Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé 2015, Champagne, GBP £234
by Anthony Rose4 views
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news2025-02-04
A Wet January
A solid month of drinking followed by the sketchy post mortem of the best bottles. I’ve relied on my hand written notes, which grow shorter and messier each year.  Chardonnay . From fat to thin. . . Martinborough Vineyard Home Block Chardonnay 2017 . 1/3 to 1/2 butterball. Similar in old school emphasis is the  Sianpius Tamar Valley 2015 . Another partial butterball, but also a passing and unexpected hint of celery. Forest Hill Block 8 Chardonnay 2016 . Cream, not butter, lovely almond meal texture. Minimal smoulder. Joan Chardonnay 2021 . Bottle pictured above. Adelaide Hills. A mix of 2 clones (one fat - I10V1 and one fit - 96). Peach and flesh, a balance of tightness and generosity. Nectar like. Yabby Lake Chardonnay 2017 . A good nose, stone fruit and almond meal. The most notable thing is the palate profile. A juxtaposition of cream and stone fruit acids. Finally - the  Tyrrell’s Vat 47 2022 . Lean and spare, flint and struck match nose. A very tight but fruit
by noreply@blogger.com (Edward)5 views
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Buds & Barrels, Double-V, Klubb23, Crann, The Green Door

Maltbarn: Balblair, Teaninich, Dalmunach, Linkwood

Enter the Meursault megastars

Zodiac series: Clynelish, Glenlossie, Laphroaig, Croftengea

Glenfarclas 2015 (Spirit of Speyside)

Enter the delicious 2023 Pommard & Volnay red wines (and more Côte de Beaune beauties)

Prestige cuvée

A Wet January