Redbreast 12 Year Cask Strength

Me encantó. Fuerte y se notan todos los sabores. Una locura.

Revisit with a more mature palate. Plus, it’s a cask strength, so yeah, it theoretically changes with each run. Nose is a potpurri basket - there’s dried lavender, dried grass and dried honeycomb with an undercurrent of beach sand. Palate opens hot and spicy; dark, tart fruits enrobed with cardamom and nutmeg and ginger - surprisingly brash for 12 years and triple distilled. Middle shows cedar oil and dark vanilla that moves to a dry, tannic oak finish and a whisp of smoke that I now realize runs in the far background from start to end. Water tames the heat and sweetens the profile, adding plums and removing the cardamom at the open, swapping cedar oil for dried citrus peel in the middle and removing most of the astringency from the close. I much prefer with water. This whole range is pricey, and that’s where this falls down a little because there are many others that offer more return for less cost. Nonetheless, it is tasty, and something that I will buy again, if not often.

Nose: very fruity and vanilla Mouth: vanilla, dried fruits and spicy Finish: fruity and spicy, long Nez: très fruité et vanille Bouche: vanille, fruits sec et épices Longueur: fruité et épicé, long