Important information about the 08/2016 vs. 08/2017

**Teeling 24 Year-Old Single Malt – 2016 & 2017 Release clarification**

There has been a few queries about whether it was the 2016 or 2017 release of Teeling 24 Year-Old that recently won the world’s Best Single Malt at the World Whisky Awards. Both releases are from exactly the same vatting with the whisky being distilled in 1991 and matured in Bourbon casks before being further matured in Sauterne sweet wine barrels. These casks were then vatted together and split into two batches, half for the 2016 release and half for the 2017 release. The whisky entered into the awards came from this vatting and was from the tasting stock rather than being from a particular release. This explains why all the whisky is bottled as 24 year-old despite the 2017 release being bottled a year later. 2016 release was the stock image used when the award was first announced but both releases are the same fantastic whisky.

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N: Smells like one of those flawless noses, one mainly talking of meaty-putty dry fruits. There’s some poke but it doesn’t mind some water.
T: Woody, meaty putty-dry fruits - so more of the same really. Pokey, somewhat blocky/clogged, and the palate at least doesn’t free up with the time I allowed.
F: Thankfully at the tail it relaxes into a deep fresh and heather honey, wrapping up with a crystal-heathery sugar finish.
C: Very good but I’ll take the 14yo over it.Scores a B

Teeling 24 YO
The most comfortable whisky that I have had a chance to drink ????????????
Vintage 08.2016
Bourbon & Sauternes Casks
Number of bottles 5000
alc. 46% vol.
The aroma is light, casual, sweetish.
Vanilla, sweet berries, watermelon rind, some spices, noble spirit of the tree.
We breathed O2 for 5-7 minutes and new horizons are opening before us ????. Berry sourness has appeared and now these are not easy sweet berries, but a berry mix, an assortment of berries, dark and red, sour and sweet, ripe and overripe. Chewing gum is a cross between bubble gum and love is. Not without tropical fruits and banana ????????????????.
Class, I love these scents. where there is no excessive pressure and concentration, where everything is in its place.
Taste. The first sip is practically nothing, the second sip and the same ????, maybe yesterday's 63.7% killed my receptors to hell ????????????. On the third sip, everything fell into place ????.
Sweet, full-bodied. Vanilla, some citrus peel, tropical fruits, sweet berries. There is pepper, noble tobacco, wood and they complement the overall picture wonderfully.
The finish is long, sweetish with a pleasant bitterness. Vanilla, berry sourness, wet wood, delicate chocolate trail.

This is probably the most comfortable whisky in terms of drinkability that I have ever tried, but this is not the most important quality of this drink.
This whisky is "alive", it changes, it develops and constantly plays with you with new aromas, flavors and shades.
⚡90⚡