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Fahrenheit 173 - Aged Spirits
"If it's not good enough to drink slowly, then it's not worth drinking"
Mackmyra's best (and worst) whisky to date | 28 Jul 2010 | ||
The Swedish whisky distillery Mackmyra continues to make periodic releases, now under the "Special" moniker. Like in the earlier "Preludium" series, each bottling is a vatting of one or more of Mackmyra's six recipes: peated or unpeated distillate aged in ex-bourbon, ex-sherry or fresh Swedish oak casks. These vattings show an interesting variation in style but some of the combinations clearly work better than others... Today I tried the two latest releases, the Special:03 (from late last year) and the 04 (released this summer).
Mackmyra Special:03 48.2%:
Nice nose with sherry, oak and wood smoke, also vanilla and citrus. The palate is another matter: at first there's a musty
oakiness, then citrus, then a pang of fresh peppermint which fades into the spicy finish. All in all it's interesting
but quite splintered.
(77 p)
Mackmyra Special:04 53.0%:
Very nice fragrant nose with oak shavings, vanilla, apricot marmalade and pears in syrup - maybe a little heavy on the oak, however.
The palate is at first mild and light, quite sweet and fruity (almost tart) then develops oak and heat.
The finish is peppery and fiery yet quite nice.
(85 p)
Related links:
All my tasting notes on Mackmyra whisky
Photos of the Mackmyra distillery
Mackmyra distillery website
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