[April, 2018]  I had this dram during a FoSM club tasting. 

The colour is old gold and the texture shows small tears with medium fast legs.  The nose offers a sour-sweet and somewhat peppery profile that leaves no lasting impression.  No flaws but nothing remarkable either.  It arrives warming and peppery in the mouth with some drying moments.  The taste is sweet and (just a little) winey without flaws or highlights.  The finish is short and unremarkable, too (except for the minor dryness at the end).  Water just flattens the dram.  

This is a dram I will not remember in two hours from now...

Empty Glass of Red Wine

Most of us know the Irish pot still Green Spot (as well as the Yellow Spot), but now Green Spot released a whiskey that was finished on wine casks from the Château Léoville Barton. This is a wine domain in Bordeaux in the village Saint-Julien. The Léoville Barton wines are dominated by the cabernet grape. I wonder what that will do to this pot still whiskey.

The nose is dry and buttery at the same time. Weird, but pleasant enough. Sweet grain cookies go hand in hand with crème brûlée, a hint of baby breath (not an offnote!) and a touch of tannins. Smells a bit like an empty glass of red wine the next day.

The palate is nicely balanced between sweet and, well, winey. There is a bitter touch of the cask which works to the whiskey’s advantage in this case. All sweetness of caramel now. The second sip adds a nice dose of cooked fruit. Think strawberry and peach, but also some squashed banana.

The finish is medium long on the same.

The first sip did not rock my boat, but it grew on me. Nice balance for sure. Between 50 and 60 EUR.

Medium gold pour. Nose is on the light side with cereal grains, some cream/butter, alcohol esters, and a touch of red berries. Mouth easy and non-offensive, doesn't take much of a position. Light cereal grains, light grass, some sweeter red berries. Alcohol all along the palate. Similar to regular Green Spot of course, but a tad sweeter and less grainy. Good!