Uitvlugt 1997, 24 years, Guyana edition No. 6
Uitvlugt (pronounced “eye-flut”) is a village in Guyana, based on the west bank of the Demerara River. The Dutch-owned Uitvlugt Distillery was established around 1750, housing double wooden pot stills which produced a characteristically heavy rum. In 1975 the government began consolidating rum production, and this sadly saw the closure of Uitvlugt in 2000.
Uitvlugt no 6 was produced at Double Wooden Pot Still. This expression has spent 2 years in tropics and in an ex-bourbon barrel and 21 years in an ex-cognac cask. It was bottled in 2022 at 53,4% ABV. There are just 262 bottles in this batch.
Guyana 1997 edition no. 6
Region: Guyana
Distillery: Uitvlugt
Age: 24
Distillation: 11-1997
Bottled: 03-2022
Cask no: 5
Cask type: 2 years Ex-Bourbon & 21 years Ex-Cognac
Still type: Double Wooden Pot Stil
Maturation: 2 years in the tropics
ABV 53,4%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 262
Tasting Notes:
“Wait, this stems from the DOUBLE Wooden Pot Still, so not Versailles, which is a single wooden still, but Port Mourant at Uitvlugt. Colour: pale gold. Nose: extremely close to the 1999, just a notch rounder. I doubt that would be the extra 2 years, it's possibly the cognac wood. Other than that, this is as perfect, briney, with this petroly side, linoleum, fresh-sawn plywood, cedarwood, soft spearmint… With water: seawater and those tarry ropes. Shall we mention Bowmore again? Mouth (neat): these Uitvlugts are really excellent, even if this one's got an unexpected fizzy side, a feeling of ginger tonic perhaps… But this blend of bouillon with varnish and salted lemon juice just does it. With water: tar, petrol, olives, lemon and tinned sardines. Finish: long, bright, on tar and lemon. Salty aftertaste and even some oyster. Comments: not too sure about my aforementioned theory but we'll try again later.”
Note: SGP:463 - 90 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
Meat, leather, pink grapefruit
