Connemara Single Malt Irish whiskey

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 3 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Wonderfully peaty and smoky. Palate Smooth, oily. Sweet, perfumy, smoke. Finish Smoky. Sweet grass. Comment The revival of rustic peatiness adds a whole new element to today’s palette of Irish whiskey flavours.

Jim Murray Nose Sweet, clean peat, vanilla and-floral notes. One of the most profound and complex of Irish noses. Palate Again very sweet, peaty. Softly honeyed and oily Mild molasses, fabulously smoky. Finish Becomes drier as some oak bites, but the peat just keeps on rumbling along. Comment This single malt had suffered from an identity crisis over the last year or so. Some vattings had become slightly off-key, dirty even, and the malt had lost direction. This bottling, however, is back to its brilliant best.