hs305 scored this whisky 90 points

...and hooray - this is clean sherry, thanks to the whisky gods (and Whisky-Fässle, of course)! It is a fine modern sherried dram but is it worth 150 Eurobucks... I doubt (nonetheless I know this is the price you have to pay for a good-quality sherry dram nowadays). To be honest, in my "drinkers-only" view I would not spent more than 100 Euro on such a bottle (knowing that no one will sell me a bottle for this price, unfortunately)...
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The colour is very dark at mahogany and the nose offers a fine modern oloroso profile without any off-note and not the slightest hint of sulphur, hooray! The malt is somewhat buried underneath the massive sherry aromas what prevents this nose from a 90+ score but whoever prefers the sherry over the malty aromas will adore this one, for sure...
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The taste is layered and nicely chewable on mainly sherry-induced flavours, again. After some chewing the malt shines through (a little bit) but the sherry takes no prisoners, finally. Nevertheless, these bold sherry flavours are impressive on stewed fruits, dried fruits, nuts, chocolate, leather and and and... For lovers of that genre a must buy! Forget about water as it turns the dram just bitter (what happens with 90 per cent of all heavily sherried whiskies)...
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Both the initial mouthfeel and the finish get somewhat drying-astringent from the heavy tannins of the massive sherried wood (what is quite common to such drams). The finish is long (what else?) and adds more chocolatey flavours (both milk and dark). The bitter-drying moments grow stronger towards the end so this dram would have been better bottled two years earlier (this is criticism on a very high level)...