77
- Nose
- Light. Fresh wood. Vanilla. Distinctly buttery.
- Palate
- Creamy. Vanilla. Fresh apple. Honey.
- Finish
- Lightly toasty. Fresh-cut cedar.
- Comment
- There is some virgin oak in this one, along with bourbon casks. Bonus points for trying something new, but would have expected more interesting results. I find it a bit light tasting. Try it with fresh brown bread and Dublin Bay prawns.
95
- Nose
- Layered elements of soft honey and subtle oak criss-crossing the crisp pot-still.
- Palate
- Truly magnificent honey-barley notes.
- Finish
- Silky and subtle, an essay in bittersweet balance with the final, drier, bitter notes reminding you of some decent age.
- Comment
- No two vattings are ever the same. However this is, astonishingly high quality every time. The most complex Irish of them all; a blender triumph.
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