Green Spot Château Léoville Barton

Name: Green Spot Château Léoville Barton
Brand: Green Spot
SKU: 68938
Rating: 85.69 (210 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.69/100
votes: 210

Category: Single Pot Still
Distillery: Midleton (1975-)
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottled: 2015
Casktype: Château Léoville Barton Wine Casks Finish
Number of bottles: 4000
Strength: 46.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Bottle code: L514931100
Barcode: 5011007025694
Bottled for: Mitchell & Son
Added on: 08 Jun 2015 9:00 am by holborndrinker

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Whisky Reviews for Green Spot Château Léoville Barton

29 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.69 points

Archer scored this whisky 89 points
03 Dec 2015 8:18 pm
I would not have thought of an Irish Pot Still blind - the palate will then promote the typical taste, rounded off by the Nachreifung in Bordeaux barrel to light.
Comparisons with the brothers Green Spot and Yellow Spot are prohibited. The Green Spot Château Léoville Barton stands independently alongside the other bottlings for Mitchell & Son and can hold its own.

Nose

88 88

The spicy and leathery notes typical of Irish Pot Still are available, but they only want to be found behind the curtain of Bordeaux wine.
Once you have captured the Pot Still character with your nose, the aromas combine with the most magnificent and discernible notes of green apple alongside milk chocolate and toffee.

Taste

89 89

Strong in the beginning with strong influence from the sherry and Bordeauxfass.
The ripening takes away a little the spiciness and oiliness, makes it more gentle and fruity, but not milder. The proportion of unmalted barley still shows on the tongue - simply unmistakable.
Oak comes over time and the chocolate from the nose shows up again.

Finish

90 90

For a long time, this Green Spot sounds like it caresses the tongue with spices and red grapes.
wisekycourse scored this whisky 86 points
16 Mar 2019 4:14 pm
one of two variations of the green spot in red wine!

Nose

fruity sweetness, malty, a little brioche!

Taste

a little spice, but above all the sweetness persists with slightly maderised fruits, a little cooked wine, a little honey!
the dry and sweet wood, the malt present, a little corn bread, it is unctuous and creamy!
full of vanilla on the way back!

Finish

short, despite the 46 °, it goes quickly from memory, it requires to take another glass!
hs305 scored this whisky 82 points
30 Apr 2018 9:42 pm
[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...
- Nose
  
  83 83
- Taste
  
  82 82
- Finish
  
  81 81
markjedi1 scored this whisky 84 points
17 Mar 2017 12:38 pm

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.
volker40sw scored this whisky 83 points
27 May 2020 9:38 pm

Tasted on 05-27-2020.
DanishDistilled scored this whisky 90 points
01 Apr 2020 10:31 pm
Very interesting and rich whiskey that can really be explored.

Nose

93 93

Ripe/brown bananas, red apples, ripe pears, wine/sherry. Just wonderful and very fruity. Later comes vanilla and caramel. As the caramel gets more pronounced, the fruits fade away.

Taste

93 93

Very fruity and an explosion of flavour. The wine is very clear. Notes of banana, wine, vanilla, caramel. The whiskey is full bodied, sweet and round, but a bit young (the alcohol stand out, and it's only 46%). This whiskey tastes a lot like a sherry matured one.

Finish

85 85

Dry red wine, red grapes, sweetness. The finish is long lasting, but not very pronounced or complex. It's a lot like just red wine.
Archer scored this whisky 89 points
08 Dec 2019 9:56 am
Very successful wine barrel finish.

Nose

89 89

Taste

89 89

Finish

90 90
Dris scored this whisky 79 points
04 Oct 2019 2:53 am
Nose

78 78

Taste

81 81

Finish

78 78
schengel10 scored this whisky 84 points
08 Mar 2019 10:51 am
Great Irish Pure Pott Still;
Limited Edition: 4,000 bottles

Nose

full red grapes, wine, dark fruit, berries, oak;

Taste

powerful onset, fruity, spicy, lots of red wine, some sherry, then oak and spices, vanilla, great complex;

Finish

mid-length finish, with red wine and dark chocolate in the finish;
jankes scored this whisky 86 points
16 Aug 2018 8:35 am
Nose

87 87

Taste

86 86

Finish

86 86

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