Colour: Pale gold.
Nose: The alcohol is a bit too present. There are a lot of spices dominating the nose. Grains, marzipan, vanilla, oranges and grapefruits.
Mouth: It’s sweet, maybe too much. Yellow fruits, mangoes, peaches, grapes, brown sugar, butter, dark chocolate, honey and pepper.
Finish: Mid-long. It’s woody, slightly bitterish then those flavours fades and some sugar notes appear and last for a moment.

My opinion: Savalle still

You should be watchful, Duncan Taylor released two Uitvlugts 97, the other one is 53.5% and is not coming from the same still.

Score: 85

Colour: Very pale gold.
Nose: The alcohol is a bit too much noticeable for this ABV. It’s sweet with green apples, grapes, pears, milk chocolate and pralines. This nose is very round, I could easily imagine some kind of sweet desserts when smelling it. I like it!
Mouth: It’s too sweet and a bit too flat. Liquorice, vanilla, cocoa, hints of sugar, wood with apples and pears in the background. The nose was more complex and interesting than the mouth.
Finish: Mid-long. It’s spicy, metallic, bitterish. It still has the same lingering sugar notes than the Duncan Taylor at the end of the finish.

My opinion: Savalle still

I loved the nose, unfortunately the mouth was a bit underwhelming compared to the nose. It’s still a good Uitvlugt indeed!

Score: 87

Colour: Pale gold.
Nose: This one is way more powerful than the two precedents! Metallic notes, bitter, wet wood, dark chocolate, apples, pears, cloves, nutmegs and some ginger spiciness.
Mouth: That’s sweeter than the nose, the alcohol is well integrated. Steel, metal scrap, noble wood, a bunch of grapes and also some bitterness. It’s a bit monolithic compared to the nose.
Finish: Long. It’s very very dry and bitter. I don’t have any doubts, it’s a Port Mourant here.

My opinion: Port Mourant still

If I had blind-tasted this one I would’ve said it’s a young Port Mourant, very easy to identify because it’s exactly what you can expect from a Port Mourant. Well done.

Score: 87