A little out of order with this one. John and I compared two Green Spot expressions. Also we tried the Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter.
*Green Spot Triple Distilled Irish Whiskey 40% ABV
Ex-bourbon and finished in sherry casks
-smelled floral lemony w/fruit
-tasted tinge of rubber w/sweet fruit, almost banana
-w/water smelled very sweet fruit
-tasted a tinge of oak with banana bread
Ex-bourbon and finished in sherry casks
-smelled floral lemony w/fruit
-tasted tinge of rubber w/sweet fruit, almost banana
-w/water smelled very sweet fruit
-tasted a tinge of oak with banana bread
*Green Spot Chateau Montelena 46% ABV
Ex-bourbon, finished in Chateau Montelena casks
-smelled toffee/caramel with wine
-tasted wine and oak
-with water smelled more wine
-tasted wine with slight sweet to oak quickly!
I am not a fan of wine so I can taste it easily and strongly in any expressions finished with that grape stuff. The nose on this whiskey was enticing but the wine ruined it for me.
The wine is a French Oak Zinfandel. The whiskey is finished for twelve months in these casks.
Ex-bourbon, finished in Chateau Montelena casks
-smelled toffee/caramel with wine
-tasted wine and oak
-with water smelled more wine
-tasted wine with slight sweet to oak quickly!
I am not a fan of wine so I can taste it easily and strongly in any expressions finished with that grape stuff. The nose on this whiskey was enticing but the wine ruined it for me.
The wine is a French Oak Zinfandel. The whiskey is finished for twelve months in these casks.
The Spot Whiskies are Irish , triple distilled, single pot still with malted and unmalted barley. Each cask was marked with a 'spot' of paint to denote how long it was to be aged when the original warehouses were under the streets of Dublin. Blue=7yrs Green=10yrs Yellow=12yrs Red=15yrs
*Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter 13yr 46% ABV
Ex-bourbon, finished in Marsala wine casks from Sicily
-smelled like Ardbeg Alligator-charred/peated/briny/tar
-tasted peat, tar and pepper-trailed sweet oak
-with water smelled peat
-tasted cinnamon bread with peat and oak
Considering this is finished in a wine cask, I am surprised how much I enjoyed this whisky. I'm not sure where the peat notes are coming from though.
The director of whisky creation at Glenmorangie, Dr. Bill Lumsden, got the idea for this when it snowed. He wanted to embody the snugness of sitting before a fireplace while the white stuff came down from the sky outside. Smoke and sweet. This was a 2022 annual limited edition expression.
Ex-bourbon, finished in Marsala wine casks from Sicily
-smelled like Ardbeg Alligator-charred/peated/briny/tar
-tasted peat, tar and pepper-trailed sweet oak
-with water smelled peat
-tasted cinnamon bread with peat and oak
Considering this is finished in a wine cask, I am surprised how much I enjoyed this whisky. I'm not sure where the peat notes are coming from though.
The director of whisky creation at Glenmorangie, Dr. Bill Lumsden, got the idea for this when it snowed. He wanted to embody the snugness of sitting before a fireplace while the white stuff came down from the sky outside. Smoke and sweet. This was a 2022 annual limited edition expression.
*Bunnahabhain Toiteach A Dha 46.3% ABV
-smelled toasted raisin bread
-tasted bacony. smoky oak
- with water smelled bacon/smoke meat
-tasted sweet bacon with oak.
I would expect nothing less from this oily, smoky expression distillery.
-smelled toasted raisin bread
-tasted bacony. smoky oak
- with water smelled bacon/smoke meat
-tasted sweet bacon with oak.
I would expect nothing less from this oily, smoky expression distillery.
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