Tastes
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Definate Sherry influence, it is like the 12 year, a little thinner, but with more dry fruit. The nose is light, a little sharp, with hints of vanilla and citrus. The palette is vanilla, citrus, plums, and a faint wisp of smoke. The finish is dry, a sour note, some mild barrel tannins, and a lingering citrus, more pithy than bright.
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Chivas Regal 18 Year Gold Signature
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed December 25, 2019 (edited November 1, 2020)My initial impression from the smell is a cereal note, like cooked grains. Then dried fruit, apples and apricots. Followed by spices, vanilla, and toasted barrel. The taste is rich, with baked apples, or maybe apple crisp, all the nose notes, plus cinnamon, and a tea like astringency at the finish, which is medium length. -
I will need to sit with this a while to really figure it out. The initial smell is like a high rye bourbon, cherry and vanilla, some cinnamon, cloves, and white pepper. It smells sweet and spicy. The initial taste is sweet, and very bourbon like, but it is quite astringent, and the finish lingers. The more I sip, the less cherry and vanilla come through, more cloves, honey, dill, and a sharp bitterness like dandelion greens. There is a quality like over steeped black tea to the finish. There is enough going on to keep it interesting.
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I will acknowledge that this gin is not for everyone, it is sweeter than a London dry, and isn’t as juniper forward. The citrus is bright, there’s plenty of juniper, and some coriander, and peppercorn. I don’t have the depth of gin knowledge to really evaluate this objectively, but from where I sip, this is really good stuff, my current favorite.
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Hornitos Black Barrel Tequila
Tequila Añejo — Tequila Valley, Jalisco, Mexico
Reviewed July 12, 2019
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