Midleton Very Rare

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

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Tasting Notes

Peter Mulryan Nose Furniture polish and mixed spice. Palate The familiar vinatge DNA of cream soda, melting into vanilla toffee. Finish An unusual vigorous climax to a stunning offering. Comment Don't know how Barry Walsh keeps this standard up year on year, the most robust MVR in ages. Bravo!

Dave Broom Nose Subtle and complex. Very spicy with sandalwood, discreet oakiness, cereal and peach. In time even more spice and a lovely juiciness. Palate Long and very perfumed with layers of flavour: lilac, oak, toffee. Finer than the others. Finish Long, spices, oak. Comment Leave a glass of this to breathe for 24 hours and you're blown away by its complexity.