11/08/2024
Uitvlugt 31 yo 1990/2022 (56.2%, Silver Seal, Guyana) Uitvlugt 31 yo 1990/2022 (56.2%, Silver Seal, Guyana) Five stars
Well, I don’t reckon we need to go over the whole history of Uitvlugt again, do we? As for the stills, it’s a bit tricky since they were having several at that time. Without specific details or marques, I suppose we can’t really know, so we’ll just have to taste this old baby without any preconceptions... Colour: gold. Nose: perfect, ultra-precise, greatly simple, with notes of hay and bagasse. In the background, there’s very ripe pineapple, banana skins, dried jujube, and a few whelks. Frankly, it’s brilliant. I also get the impression that these old Demeraras, whether aged in the tropics or on the continent, mature much better than the Caronis, but please don’t quote me on that. With water: oh, old varnishes, anti-rust paint, anchovies in their tin, olive rings and... hang on, it’s a pizza. A real one, an Italian pizza. Mouth (neat): superlatively grand. Salted lemon, ashes, paraffin, capers, ink, carbon, bitter and salted almonds... I love it. Gold medal, just saying. With water: the anchovies are back, with lemon, to***co ashes and olive oil. Unbeatable. Finish: long and elegant. Smoked oysters and grapefruit. Comments: I think for this bottle and a few others, the bottlers (are you listening?) should change their brand from Silver Seal to Golden Seal. Apologies, relating to what we said at the beginning of this modest session, it should be The Golden Seal. No, platinum is too much. You might say there are also those rare metals used in Tesla batteries and others. The Lithium Seal?
SGP:562 - 91 points.