Norman

9.0

Hart Brothers Braeval 17 Year Old (distilled June 1998, bottled Sept 2015), sherry hogshead, cask strength 58.5% ABV, natural colour, non-chill filtered. I’m getting strong pine sap on the nose. Fading as it opens but still there. Bit of heat on the palate. Is a bit more more hot than anything for me. — 5 months ago

Andy Thomson

9.6

One of our favourite Chardonnays. Balanced, good oak. Love it! — 3 years ago

with Cheryl

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

Fun tasting at Weygandt Wines with John Lockwood. The third of four wines being poured and first red.

Medium garnet red with a ruby core. A bit singular to start with a medium intensity floral attack. After a few minutes in the class, red berries carried throughout and the floral notes morphed into a spiced finish or white pepper. Medium tannins (5/10) and medium acidity (6/10) on the palate. Light body and fresh. Lots of red berries on the palate; strawberries, raspberries and a touch of rhubarb. Stoney notes and acidity carry from the mid palate through the long and lingering finish. Drink till 2024.

This wine is made up of 100% Pinot Noir. 50% whole cluster and aged in neutral hogshead barrels (350L) for 12 months. — 9 years ago

Doug Burress

Sales K&L Wines

9.2

24 year old Strathmill from a refill hogshead. Another hit from the lasted batch of exclusive Scotch to hit our shelves. Delicate dry, pitted fruit, long rich finish. — 9 years ago

Max Gottesfeld, FWS, CSW

9.2

Smells a bit like age Alsatian Riesling. Great — 11 years ago

Norman

9.1

Light on the color and flavor given the age. This is more on the honey side for color and flavors than heavy wood. The “44th Release” is a vatting of two Tomatin 1994 bourbon hogshead casks (#6422 and #11210), assembled with input from Jim McEwan (the release write-up frames it as a deliberate “vatting” exercise, and they even offered constituent parts). In the nose I get a bit of solvent. On the palate light heat, hits on the sides of the tongue and a bit in the middle. It’s lasts for a while but given it’s not a bruiser you have to focus to notice it’s lingering. — 6 months ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.2

Golden apples & toast - I love the broad reach balanced by acidity! All sorts of yum & great with these hogshead cheese arancini!! #spoiled — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

California butter, oak, buttered popcorn, citrus, and white florals on the nose. Palate also shows the same buttery oaky notes, but not as strong as some CA Chardonnay's. However, the mouthfeel does show it did spend some extra time on lees as it's creamy. Palate of; Lemon/lime, grapefruit, green apple, the oak on the palate shows a softer presence, secondary fruits are tropicals with dominate green melon, white flowers with good acidity and nice freshness. Spent 7 months in hogshead barrels (300 liters). Photos show the d'Arenberg cube that stands on the high hilltop. Opens later this year. I must say it really doesn't fit well into the McLaren Vale natural landscape in the other photo. Wonder how they got the plans approved with the MV Council?💰💰 — 9 years ago

Ryan Stewart

9.1

Clear, straw color. Warm inviting peat aromas, wet grass, baseball glove leather, smoldering fire, some green fruits in the background. Rubber, iodine, and apple tart in the mouth. Hot, but balanced. Long finish. Excellent peated whisky from Ichiro! — 10 years ago

William Meyers

9.0

#Signatory #Glen Scotia 1991 22 Hogshead 1052 from #Binny's deep gold: salty & malty: very herbal with allspice, marjoram, dry with a hint of cloves: cedar and trace jasmine if the finish - a contemplative dram! — 12 years ago

David Murphy

9.9

Orange blossoms, salmon akin and sea salt. F*ckin brilliant. — 13 years ago

Norman

9.0

Lacking a bit of punch in the mid-palate reminds me of a donut hole wine finish. Just doesn’t have everything you want. Whiskybase ID
WB168465
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Glen Moray
Bottler
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling serie
Midnight marmalade
Vintage
19.06.1986
Stated Age
33 years old
Cask Type
1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Sherry Hogshead Finish
Casknumber
35.264
Number of bottles
218
Strength
46.1 % Vol. — 2 years ago

Francesco Schincaglia

9.6

Sherry Hogshead - 25 years old — 5 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.2

? Sherry hogshead — 8 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.7

On 25/1/17 Citrus Burst Speyside Linkwood Single Cask Release 1997. Linkwood single malt Scotch whisky, bottled by Wemyss and given the name Citrus Burst, which doesn't sound too dissimilar from the name of an ice cream or an exciting sweetie. It's not. It's a tasty, tasty single cask whisky which matured in a hogshead from 1997 to 2013. A release of 363 bottles. — 9 years ago

Michael Brynjolfson Jonsson

8.9

Tasty and very much worth the price. — 11 years ago

jarred gild

Head Wine Buyer Western Market

9.3

hogshead wine had some insights on this wine, which i found to be accurate and informative: "The 2010 Riesling Quarzit, which is from the vintage remarkably high in both acidity and sugar, took several days to settle down and reveal itself. Now that I am drinking a bit more Riesling I have noticed the use of “sponti” in the notes of both Terry Theise and Lyle Fass. This is a term used to describe the wild or stinky aromas in a Riesling due to the fermentation with indigenous yeasts. This bottle definitely exhibited sponti so if you want to experience this aroma then that is reason alone to buy this bottle! ... There was a brighter start with ample acidity, a slight Pilsner note (sponti from the natural yeast) before the residual sugar came out midpalate, followed by tart fruit in the finish. After two days the wine became integrated as it revealed tart white fruit which prickled the tip of the tongue then put on weight as freshly focused yellow fruit came out." — 12 years ago

with Lewis