Not a causal trial or a recipe for reproducing these whiskies. Batch-specific proofs and age statements must remain attached to the named edition. Tasting ratings are not objective measures of excellence.
Printed pages 121–133; PDF pages 132–144. Full work reviewed; this is a thematic paraphrase, not a direct quotation.
Diamond Anniversary, Master’s Keep 17, Decades, Revival, Cornerstone, Russell’s Reserve 1998 and 2002 illustrate different age, proof, warehouse and finishing choices. Jennings praises Revival across nose, palate and finish, contrasts the near balance of 1998 with slight tannic interruption in 2002, and explains why low bottling proof need not mean heavy dilution.
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Seven limited editions: balance and maturation
Verified against supplied PDF as an attributed account; verification does not establish the external truth of every source claim. Fresh audit: PDF133–144 read. Separate barrel/batch/bottle proof and avoid attributing proof decline to temperature alone. Decades three-entry-proof explanation is an inference. RR1998 tanking chronology remains internally inconsistent.
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Evidence
Diamond Anniversary, Master’s Keep 17, Decades, Revival, Cornerstone, Russell’s Reserve 1998 and 2002 illustrate different age, proof, warehouse and finishing choices. Jennings praises Revival across nose, palate and finish, contrasts the near balance of 1998 with slight tannic interruption in 2002, and explains why low bottling proof need not mean heavy dilution.
Location and context
Printed pp. 121–133 (PDF 132–144). Paraphrase of Jennings, not a quotation.
Annotation
Not a causal trial or a recipe for reproducing these whiskies. Batch-specific proofs and age statements must remain attached to the named edition. Tasting ratings are not objective measures of excellence.
