The sherry blows your nose. Almost liqueur-like. What a party, this - on a tasting I have been eating it inappropriately and now the sample is another highlight. The sherry is not dry but warm and ripe and just right. The alcohol is not sharp or sharp. This is a sherry bomb carpet. During the glass he becomes softer and more pronounced, the hole that appears to fall after the sherry disappears. Liquorice, toffee, I bought the last bottle available in the Netherlands. Best decision EVER. The only problem is whether I kill or sell it, because it doesn't have to be clairvoyant for it to be worth much more, just be patient.

This was sample 5 in the blind virtual whiskey tasting on Whiskeyforum.nl. It was my winner from the whole line-up.

Petrovitski
Geur: Wow, Great nose! I smell vanilla, but allso sherry influences. Some tropical fruits, banana. Nice and sweet.
With an bit of water the fruit become more prominent. This might even be a portwood? Dome whiskies you (almost) don't have to drink. Smelling them is enough. This is a whiskey like that!

Taste: I love this stuff! I prefer it without water. This might very well be a portwood or PX wood. (How wrong I was in the end) It's nice and sweet. Something burned in the distance.

Finish:
Really good. At first vanilla and tropical fruits. It dissapates quite fast, but after that there is wood. That lingers.
In the end there is s omething metallic that I have tasted before in sherried drams.

My guess back then was that is was a Speysider single casked sherried or px-ed 10 year old.

I NEVER thought about Ireland.

Back then I scored it 95 points, so it seems only fair I keep that score.

Nose: Especially a thick layer of oak. Virgin oak? Hard to get through. Buttercotch, toffee, vanilla, raspberry jam and caster sugar.
Taste: Here you can taste more sherry influences, but rather superficially. Good mouthfeel, quite syrupy. In the direction of the finish, he becomes more fruity, red fruit. And marzipan.
Judgment: tasty, but not a high flyer. Nose has too many new oaks and the taste is a bit flat. Good daily dram, because he drinks well (albeit with some water) and is not too complex.

Thanks to the Virtual Blind Tasting 10 of the Whiskey Forum!

Blind Tasting: HWF-VBT 10 - # 5

Nose:
So, another sherry bomb.
Raisins, dried red fruit, sweet.

Taste:
Sherry a bit greasy and hot, raisins, dried red fruit, a Glendronach Allardice but higher in the alcohol.

Finish:
Very long, raisins and dark red fruit.

Age:
> 15 years

ABV:
58%

Score:
89 points