Michael Jackson
Nose
Raisins. Boxes of dates. Oak
Palate
Black chocolate. Milk chocolate. White chocolate.
Finish
Balancing nutty dryness.
Comment
The flavours may sound similar but it is the interplay of their subtleties that make this such an interesting whiskey. Try it with a double chocolate-chip cookie. Or a rocky road ice-cream.
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Jim Murray
Nose
A dazzling array of oaky tones, but a drier, fruitier rye presence adds perfect balance. A softening sprig of mint compounds the complexity.
Palate
Opens evenly over the mouth: beautifully bitter sweet with the rye, toffee-cream oak.
Finish
Long, restrained age and some late rye and liquorice chewability. Unbelievably balanced and about as good as any bourbon gets.
Comment
Enticingly sophisticated.
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