WhistlePig Old World Series Madeira Finish 12 Year

Prefer neat Nose: green apple, metal filings Taste: clove?, slightly sweet with water

Initial nosing of dill pickle potato chips, opens into more raisinated flavours from the Madeira. Mouth feel is oily and full with sweet fruit blending then into a spice of clove, brown sugar and an aftertaste of botrytis influenced grape. One of the most complex rye whiskies I've ever had

SO much going on here. Beautiful legs that stick to the glass... Nose has light caramel, the familiar whistle pig rye grain notes and hints from the Madeira and port barrels in the background. Golden raisins in there somewhere. Smooth palate carries a lightly sweet grain front to a finish that goes back and forth between dry oakwood, toasted grains, musty barn, cacao, ripe plum, hay, toasted pecans and brown sugar.