W.L. Weller 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 19 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Assertive. Pecan pie. Pastry. Palate Lots of fresh-oak vanilla. Creamy in both flavour and texture. Cookie-like. Cooked apricot or peach. Finish Maple syrup. Smoky. Comment Lots of layers. A great dessert whiskey. Thanksgiving dinner?

Dave Broom Nose Gentle and perfumed: fresh herb, cinnamon, orange blossom honey/burnt orange peel, redcurrent, caramelised fruit, prune tart. Palate Soft with a prickly bite mid-palate where the orange zest and hickory wood emerges, then smoothes out again. Vanilla and mocha coffee. Finish Woody, then mellow fruits. Comment A classic, complex wheated bourbon. Great material for an Old Fashioned.