Tasting notes: 94/100 – 2016 Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible
The tannins are up for a battle. Sharp spices and punchy Demerara sugars offer full support; now that is quite beautiful. The malt melts early in the proceedings, accompanied by those sugars. But it’s the intensity of the mildly belligerent tannins and the way they dovetail with the Demerara and maple syrup which really wins your heart, a long oak laden fade., The vanilla runs into butterscotch while the spices carry. A massive whisky which maximises the tannins and sugars, yet never faintly goes. Beautiful!
Sullivans Cove 14 Year Old French Oak Cask HH0386 700ml 47.5%
