Penderyn WRU 125th Anniversary Limited

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 63 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Oaky. Antique shop, cigar box. A meaty note, dark chocolate. A hint of geranium. Getting more floral and sweeter on time. Cloved orange. Palate Sweet at start then drying out on a very spicy kick. Bitter orange marmalade. Ginger. Oak is well integrated. Finish Dry, spicy and fruity. Cider apple. Comment The oaky start leads way to a cheerful fruity and floral profile. Marked by the sherry but not on the dark (woody) side. Avoid water.

Dave Broom Nose A lurid colour reminiscent of Lucozade. Masses of coconut: cream; dessicated; flesh; oil; bounty bars. Hot gorse. Underneath there’s lime, banana split and chocolate. Palate Slick and sweet. Seems as if this thick veneer of sweet oak is smothering the spirit. Finish Guess? Yup. Coconut. Comment I was expecting the atypicality to be the world’s first Malibu finish, but no...maybe it is just atypical for Welsh whisky.