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Bourbon Hogshead 4751 – 58.4%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Water with a yellow tint
Nose:Mostly vanilla, with a hint of lemon and a tiny whiff of smoke
Palate: Nuts and vanilla, lemon, a bit of orange, ginger
Finish: Long, dry and minimally smoky
Overall: Nice and well balanced, much more complex than the very pale colour suggests.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Bourbon Barrel – 59%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Bright gold
Nose: Honey, vanilla, apples, a hint of lemon
Palate: More honey and vanilla, lemon zest, a mild spiciness that grows by adding water
Finish: Medium long and quite dry
Overall: A straightforward but quite enjoyable bourbon cask whisky.
Score: 82/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Sherry Hogshead 1422 – 55.7%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Amber
Nose: Big, dried figs ,cocoa, raisins, a whiff of vinegar
Palate: Quite herbal, nuts, caramel, cassis, figs, some chili
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: Needs time and water to open up. Great nose, but the palate is too herbal for my taste, and even with quite a lot of water it is pretty “hot”.
Score: 74/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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43%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Honey, vanilla, fresh grapes, a bit spirity
Palate: Honey, raisins, a bit like rum, caramel, spirity
Finish: Rather long and fruity
Overall: Quite enjoyable, but the youthful spirit character is a bit too dominant
Score: 80/100 – No price/value information as this is a collector’s bottle
Side note: “Kirsch” is only the bottler’s name. No cherries were harmed in creating this whisky!
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57.2%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Dark gold
Nose: Not very strong, raisins, citrus, a hint of tea
Palate: Cocoa, caramel, faint oranges, quite spicy
Finish: Medium long, spicy
Overall: The wood spicyness is a bit too dominant for my taste, it takes quite a bit of water to soften it down. But still quite a nice dram.
Score: 81/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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The new flagship malt from Glenmorangie – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Ripe fruit, chocolate, exotic spices
Palate: Coffee, chocolate, dark berries, ginger, orange zest, cinnamon
Finish: Long and spicy
Overall: A very good malt, well-balanced, full-bodied and very complex. But I think the price is a bit too much on the expensive side.
Score: 87/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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40%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Vanilla, apples, citrus fruit, a slight hint of smoke
Palate: Vanilla, nuts, slightly spicy, just a faint fruitiness
Finish: Medium long, mostly vanilla, minimally smoky
Overall: The nose is quite pleasant, but the palate lacks complexity and is a bit bland.
Score: 72/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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40%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Apples, raspberries, minimal smoke
Palate: Caramel, apple, a bit of aniseed.
Finish: Long, with a sweet fruitiness
Overall: Very complex and well-balanced, perhaps a bit watery due to the bottling strength of 40%.
Score: 89/100 – No price information as this is a collector’s bottle
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43%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Quite floral, citrus fruit and a bit of malt
Palate: A floral punch for the first few seconds, then caramel, malt and citrus notes appear
Finish: Medium long
Overall: A very interesting older young whisky. A youthful edge combined with the complexity and smoothness of “Golden Promise” barley.
Score: 86/100 – This is a collector’s bottle, expect to pay €150 or more for the bottle now
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ca. 2002 – 59.8%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Vanilla, honey, some wax, minimally smoky
Palate: Vanilla, grapes, treacle, quite a bit of pepper
Finish: Long, spicy treacle
Overall: Very enjoyable with a good balance between sweetness and spice
Score: 87/100 – No price information as this is a collector’s bottle
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