malti da sogno

Proviamo a stilare una piccola ‘classifica’ dei malti che, tra quelli assaggiati e recensiti qui, più ci sono piaciuti e più rimpiangiamo guardando i samples vuoti; procederemo “per zona” e per ogni zona segnaleremo i tre whisky (compresi gli ex aequo) con la valutazione più alta, senza riguardo per il prezzo e la reperibilità.

Islay

Bowmore Bicentenary (1979, NAS, OB, 46%) – 96/100
Ardbeg 1972/2003 (OB for Velier, 49,9%) – 95/100
Lagavulin 12 yo ‘White Horse Distillers’ (anni ’70, OB, 43%) – 95/100
Lagavulin 12 yo (anni ’80, OB, ‘Montenegro import’, 43%) – 94/100
Lagavulin 21 yo (1985/2007, OB, 56,5%) – 94/100
Port Ellen 1982 (2012, Malts of Scotland, 58,6%) – 94/100
Laphroaig 12 yo (ceramica, anni ’70, OB, 43%) – 94/100
Caol Ila 33 yo (1984/2017, Cadenhead’s, 54,5%) – 94/100 Ardbeg ‘Lord of the Isles’ 2001 (1976/2001, OB, 46%) – 94/100 Caol Ila 40 yo ‘The Kinship, edition n. 2’ (2019, Hunter Laing, 44.9%) – 94/100

Lowlands

Rosebank 27 yo (1975/2002, Douglas Laing ‘OMC’, 50%) – 94/100
St. Magdalene 30 yo (1982/2012, Cadenhead’s, 55,4%) – 92/100
St. Magdalene 19 yo (1979/1998, OB, 63,8%) – 92/100
Rosebank 21 yo (1991/2012, Caednhead’s, 52,1%) – 92/100 Rosebank 21 yo ‘Innocence’ (2017, Speciality drinks, 51,6%) – 92/100
Littlemill 23 yo (1990/2013, Silver Seal, 54,8%) – 92/100
Littlemill 24 yo (1992/2016, Cadenhead’s, 52,2%) – 92/100
Rosebank 20 yo Silver Seal (1990/2011, Sestante Collection, 56,7%) – 91/100 Rosebank 30 yo (2020, OB, 48,6%) – 91/100 Littlemill 26 yo (1991/2017, Cadenhead’s 175th Anniversary, 52,6%) – 91/100 Rosebank 12 yo Cadenhead’s (1989/2002, Cadenhead’s, 54.7%) – 91/100

Speyside

Glenlivet 80 years old ‘Generations’ (1940/2020, Gordon & MacPhail, 44,9%) – 94/100 Longmorn 1976 (1976/2011, thosop import, 53%) – 94/100 Glen Grant 52 yo (1956/2008, Gordon&MacPhail, 40%) – 93/100
Dailuaine 37 yo (1976/2013, Silver Seal, 47%) – 93/100
Caperdonich 38 yo (1972/2011, The Whisky Agency, 58,4%) – 93/100
Mortlach 32 yo (1971/2004, OB, 50,1%) – 93/100
Macallan 23 yo (1977/2000, Silver Seal, 50%) – 93/100
Macallan 18 yo 1971 (1989, OB, 43%) – 93/100
Glenfarclas 40 yo (1971/2011, Silver Seal, 52%) – 93/100 Benromach 40 yo (1981/2021, OB, 57,1%) – 93/100
Glenfarclas 40 yo (2010, OB, 46%) – 92/100
Macallan 20 yo (1993/2014, Whiskyclub.it, 57,7%) – 92/100
The Macallan 1959 (1973, OB, Rinaldi import, 46%) – 92/100
Glenfarclas 15 yo (fine anni ’70, OB, 46%) – 92/100
Tomintoul 1968 (2012, Silver Seal, 45,3%) – 92/100
Mortlach 26 yo (1992/2019, OB, 53,3%) –  92/100
Balvenie Tun 1401 (2013, OB, batch #7, 49,2%) – 92/100
Mortlach 27 yo batch #2 (2016, TBWC, 52,6%) – 92/100
Mortlach 22 yo “Giorgio D’Aambrosio” (1997/2019, Silver Seal & S.P. Murat, 56,9%) – 92/100 Dailuaine 21 yo (1992/2013, Bar Metro & Milano Whisky Festival, 54.8% – 92/100 Glenfiddich 40 yo ‘Cumulative time’ (2022, OB, 44.6%) – 92/100

Highlands

Brora 30 yo (2002, OB, 52,4%) – 95/100 Glen Garioch 1971 Samaroli (1971/1979, Samaroli, 59.6%) – 95/100 Brora 24 yo (1977/2001, Rare Malts, OB, 56,1%) – 94/100
Brora 35 yo (2013, OB, 49,9%) – 94/100
Clynelish 24 yo (1965/1989, Cadenhead for Sestante, 46%, 75cl) – 94/100
GlenDronach 21 yo (1993/2014, OB for Beija Flor & Silver Seal, 58,1%) – 94/100
Macduff 32 yo (1980/2012, Laida Weg, 48,3%) – 94/100 Glen Garioch 21 yo ‘Soffiantino import’ (1965/1986, OB, 57.8%) – 94/100
Brora 30 yo (2007, OB, 55,7%) – 93/100
Brora 30 yo (2006, OB, 55,7%) – 93/100
Clynelish 12 yo (G&M, anni ’80, 57%) – 93/100
Brora 28 yo (1982/2010, Whisky Agency for LMDW, 51,6%) – 93/100
Glenugie 23 yo (1982/2005, Duncan Taylor, 61,9%) – 93/100 Glenugie 1966 (1986, Samaroli, 55%) – 93/100
Banff 34 yo (1976/2010, Cadenhead’s, 53,8%) – 93/100
Teaninich 20 yo (1993/2014, Whiskyclub.it, 58,1%) – 93/100
Tomatin 35 yo (1978/2013, Cadenhead’s small batch, 44,1%) – 93/100
Clynelish 12 yo (inizio ’70, Ainslie&Heilbron, OB for Di Chiano, 43%) – 93/100

Isole

Tobermory 1972/1995 ‘De viris illustribus’ (Moon Import, 50%) – 95/100
Talisker 20 yo (1981/2002, OB, 62%) – 94/100
Highland Park 30 yo (1981/2012, Silver Seal for Whisky Live Taipei, 51,4%) – 94/100 Talisker 44 yo (2022, OB, 49,1%) – 94/100
Talisker 25 yo (2004, OB, 57,8%) – 93/100
Highland Park 22 yo (1992/2014, Cadenhead’s, 59,6%) – 93/100
Highland Park 18 yo (1996/2015, Malts of Scotland per Spirit of Scotland, 56,8%) – 93/100
Highland Park 17 yo (1958/1975, OB, ‘Ferraretto Import’, 43%) – 93/100

Campbeltown

World Whisky

Ireland 26 yo (1989/2015, The Nectar of Daily Dram, 49,8%) – 92/100 Irish single malt 24 yo (1993/2018, East Village Whisky Company, 50,8%) – 92/100 Yoichi 20 yo (1988/2008, OB, 55%) – 91/100
Limerick ‘Slaney Malt’ 23 yo (1991/2015, Adelphi, 59%) – 91/100
Chichibu 2011 Imperial Stout Cask (2018, OB for The Whisky Exchange, 59,5%) – 91/100 Irish single malt #2 – 28 yo batch n.3 (2020, That boutique-y Whisky Co., 50,2%) – 91/100 Ireland 26 yo (1989/2015, The Nectar of Daily Dram, 49,8%) – 92/100 Irish single malt 24 yo (1993/2018, East Village Whisky Company, 50,8%) – 92/100 Yoichi 20 yo (1988/2008, OB, 55%) – 91/100
Limerick ‘Slaney Malt’ 23 yo (1991/2015, Adelphi, 59%) – 91/100
Chichibu 2011 Imperial Stout Cask (2018, OB for The Whisky Exchange, 59,5%) – 91/100 Irish single malt #2 – 28 yo batch n.3 (2020, That boutique-y Whisky Co., 50,2%) – 91/100 Chichibu Ichiro’s Malt Silver Seal (2013/2021, Silver Seal, 64%) – 91/100
Karuizawa 28 yo (1984/2012, La Maison du Whisky, 59,3%) – 90/100
Komagatake – Hombo Mars distillery (1988/2014, #557, 58%) – 90/100
Redbreast 21 yo Single pot still (2015, OB, 46%) – 90/100
Chichibu 2009 cask #635 (2016, OB for Number One Drinks, 62,1%) – 90/100 Glendalough 13 yo Mizunara cask finish (2017, OB, 46%) – 90/100
Karuizawa 28 yo (1984/2012, La Maison du Whisky, 59,3%) – 90/100
Komagatake – Hombo Mars distillery (1988/2014, #557, 58%) – 90/100
Redbreast 21 yo Single pot still (2015, OB, 46%) – 90/100
Chichibu 2009 cask #635 (2016, OB for Number One Drinks, 62,1%) – 90/100 Glendalough 13 yo Mizunara cask finish (2017, OB, 46%) – 90/100