Mouth (neat): it’s the sweet/smoky combo that’s so peculiar in naked Lagavulins
although it can not compete with the `unblended` ones
openness and transparency are true modern values
drinking this in front of the distillery looking at Skye and having my wife beside me after a very rough period)
from a single refill hogshead - hh 9452
Cognac Le Temps Retrouvé, Lot No.46 - 1946, almost 80 year old cognac Mouth (neat): it’s the sweet/smoky6cl sample Le Temps Retrouv, Lot No46 Appelation Cognac Fins Bois Contrle, Mis en bouteille par MTEI pour Passion for Whisky 70cl 49,5% bottled 2025 one of 252 bottles scores serge valentin 91 points Le Temps Retrouv Lot 46 (49. 5%, Passion for Whisky, Fins Bois, 252 bottles, 2025) Ugni blanc and colombard from a bouilleur de cru. Let us recall that a bouilleur de cru is an individual in France permitted to distil their own fruit harvest, usually tax