Jameson 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 43 by Peter Mulryan and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Peter Mulryan Nose Leather handbags, new car smell. Seville oranges and dusk in Valencia. Palate I have died and gone to heaven. Warm oily spice, cardamom, cinnamon and some damn fine sherry notes. Finish Rumbles on for ages. Tickling pepper and milk chocolate. Comment For the money, this is the best damn blend you will ever, ever taste.

Dave Broom Nose Lush and rich. Some oily pot still notes. Ripe fruit, melon, spices, oak notes, charcoal, some raisin/sultana. With water: cocoa butter, tea cake. Palate Clean and slightly malty start. Stretches across the palate. Semi-dried peach softness, crisp cereal/oak. Balanced, honeyed and soft. Finish Herbal. Comment Much more like it. Has the rich velvety juicy fruitiness of good Irish.