Redbreast Lustau Edition

Had a 50ml sample bottle. Lots of sherry influence with some of that classic redbreast. I like it, but would rather enjoy the 12, 12CS, or 15 over this.

spice explosion in the mouth feel, rubbery notes and licorice

Yum!

Tasted as a set with the 12 and 15 year. This one noses of cherries right from the start. The Sherry casks round the sharp edges of the 12 year and bring a spot of fruit to the party while still showing the honey and vanilla notes. Overall a very nice Sherried option.

Nose: chocolate and dark fruits, obvious sherry Palate: light and more fruit, pot still flavors and baking spice Finish: slight spice with pear and light fruit

Redbreast Lustau is a NAS single pot whiskey. The whiskey is matured between 9 to 12 years in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-oloroso sherry casks, before being vatted and finished in first-fill oloroso sherry butts from Bodegas Lustau in Jerez for an additional year. Non-chill-filtered, it is bottled at 46% ABV. It pours a light amber touched with a reddish hue. The nose is spice and honey and a backdrop of ripe plum and fig. In the mouth those same flavors burst forth, first the honey and spice of the pot still, and than the fruitiness of the sherry influence which is full and enveloping. It is at the point you begin to notice the gentle warmth of the 46%ABV.. I am enjoying this very much. I am not going to say this is better than the wonderful 12 year old. However, it is perhaps as good, and is different enough to warrant a space in your home.