The Westfalian 2012 - Masterpiece

Name: The Westfalian 2012 - Masterpiece
Brand: The Westfalian
SKU: 127205
Rating: 88.23 (28 reviews)

Overall rating: 88.23/100
votes: 28

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: The Westfalian
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: German Single Malt Whisky
Vintage: 2012
Bottled: 2019
Casktype: ex-Laphroaig Port Cask
Casknumber: 11
Number of bottles: 234
Strength: 54.4 % Vol.
Size: 50 ml 500 ml
Added on: 08 Mar 2019 6:30 pm by OpenBar_PMI

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Whisky Reviews for The Westfalian 2012 - Masterpiece

8 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.23 points

ASWhisky scored this whisky 89 points
09 Aug 2020 5:24 pm
for a man over 90 he is missing
the matte softness combined with the depth of the aromas

Nose

in the Blender`s Glass

nice musty
clearly port
sweet meaty raisins
Sulfur (dried fruits and matches)
sweet and sulphurous smoke
Crunchy cherry flesh
milk chocolate in the background
the longer it stands, the more flavor comes to the fore

a bush of warm herbs dipped in a bitter, tangy meat sauce
salt

Taste

mmh
it runs into your mouth in a tasty, chocolaty manner
a light fire with a little smoke will light on your tongue
dark fruits and chocolate powder stick spicy and tasty to your palate

Finish

long
Chocolate powder
dark fruit
Spice
slowly gets wet
Gloin scored this whisky 86 points
28 Jan 2021 9:49 am
The overripe fruit note is a bit annoying in the nose and there is a little lack of tension, sometimes does not look like whisky. That changes around the mouth, here classic impressions of grain, wood, smoke and fruit prevail. I like it better in the mouth than in the nose. Now it looks like whisky. The finish convinces with pleasant notes, beautiful length and no missing notes, even if not very complex.
If the nose hadn't missed something, a very high rating would have been possible.

Nose

Tender sweet smoke determines the first impression, apricot, tobacco, hay, with a longer time the impression of overripe fruit, somewhat sour, grass, white fortified wine, becomes flatter with time, the impression of smoke disappears

Taste

Noticeable start, sweet, some wood spice, peach, again some smoke in the background (I'm not sure), malt, caramel, now also some red fruit, sweet and ripe

Finish

Now the smoke is unmistakable and clearly recognizable, the dominant note in the finish, warm it hugs the palate and runs down the throat, there remains oak spice and delicate bitterness on the palate, a bit tart beer and the memory of peaches. The warmth and the sweet spice stay long.
Horror_Vacui scored this whisky 88 points
09 May 2020 6:38 pm

Nose:
A very powerful nose, smoke comes through vigorously. also red fruits. Slightly fermented blackberries. And lots of wood, but not sawdust or fresh wood, but old ones.
A slight hint of salt. Only a few cereal and malt notes in the background.
Also in the 1920 Blenders Glass hardly any alcohol in the nose, and I don't do that so often with over 50%.

Mouth:
Very well integrated alcohol, only slight sharpness when starting.
The port barrel is noticeable, as is the Laphroaig. Blackberries and black currants, slightly sour. The smoke is slightly greasy, but also has ashy aspects.
And above all, wood makes itself felt without malt striking bitter or spicy oak. Rather than chewing on a stick on a stick, wood without bitterness and spice.

Finish:
Long, fruity with a slight sweetness and about the same acidity. Slight notes of ash, a little greasy.

88/100

Conclusion: a very convincing whisky. Ahead of his age from maturity, and here too, like the Westfalian from the Bowmore barrel, I would never have blindly guessed a German whisky (especially not at the age of 6).
With the two bottlings, Westfalian has definitely managed to arouse my interest in the future and keep an eye there
ThinLizzy scored this whisky 87 points
20 Mar 2020 8:36 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

86 86

Finish

86 86
Tom na Gruagaich scored this whisky 80 points
06 Mar 2020 11:56 pm
Compared to the 6-year-old Bowmore Sherry Cask, this one is pretty much down the drain. Positive, it still tastes of Scottish whisky. The peat through the barrel is surprisingly strong in the finish, but I don't think whether the malt was peated. Port wine is not my hobby anyway, so it ranks a bit in the average grades for me, but if someone likes the port profile, you can confidently strike. Unfortunately, like all Westfalian, this is not really a bargain.

Nose

sweet, fruity, mild, a subtle hint of peat, slightly nutty, winy notes.

Taste

dry, winey, "porty", a lot of oak, almost a little bit dry, a little menthol, only a little sweetness, pepper.

Finish

a lot of menthol, a lot of oak, strongly astringent, a gush of peat, quite dry, only slight sweetish sticky notes on the palate, otherwise becoming increasingly peaty.
dRambo scored this whisky 84 points
12 May 2019 10:34 am
I got the sample as a gift - did not look any further before what I have in the glass, I wanted to go there as unbiased as possible.

Not my whisky - in my nose I first thought of a red wine barrel - for me it was slightly inharmonious in the compostion, it is very dense, aromatic and pleasantly sweet - but overall the flavors are too loud, too shrill - more than a dram I do not need this type of whisky - but that is my personal opinion - I probably do not generally like a "red" Malt with Peat. He will find his fans - he definitely does not look too young.

Nose

85 85

Taste

83 83

Finish

83 83
Gogopro52 scored this whisky 82 points
02 May 2019 1:58 pm

Cool Laphi, a bit lax with some strange notes. That would be the summary, if it really was a Laphi himself.

Enlarge a pleasing malt, which should come from a very / extremely active Laphroaig Cask, because he has left powerful traces.
All this is this malt (whether single or already Vatted / Pure, I would like the hair splitters) but quite good.

Price not really without, because what you get is good (not surprisingly disparate) fabric, nothing excessive, highly outstanding outstanding.
The price (after all, scarce 180 E per liter) has, by the way, the higher rating really effectively prevented, because equipment or something that could have justified the price in the approach, I have not seen.

82/100

Conclusion: The substance tastes, but that's it.
checkpointrk scored this whisky 88 points
29 Mar 2019 10:31 pm
Nose

90 90

Taste

87 87

Finish

88 88

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