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Tullamore D.E.W. 14 Year Single Malt
Single Malt — Ireland
Reviewed
March 8, 2021 (edited November 28, 2021)
Tullamore 12 was solid. Standard Tully is a solid standard sipper. Then there's this 14-year old, quadruple-cask oak single malt. Sign me up.
Nose: Vanilla, powdered sugar, and shortbread cookie. Apple, plum, cranberry, raisin, and clementine. Some lime zest. Cereal notes and caramel. Oak, cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. All four casks are well-represented. Nice nose.
Palate: Vanilla, honey, shortbread cookie, toffee, and malt. Apple, pear, apricot, lime, and white grape. Caramel and custard notes. Olorosso is represented by the milk chocolate, vanilla frosting, and orange citrus notes. Floral and oak notes. The palate is bourbon oak dominant with some Olorosso representation. Good stuff.
Finish: Lime, plum, raisin, cranberry. Vanilla, shortbread cookie, malt, and toffee. There's oak, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Caramel. Medium length. The four casks are more equally represented here than on the palate. Respectable length for 41.3% ABV. Solid.
I've got here a well-rounded Irish whiskey. There isn't anything truly remarkable about this one, other than its consistency and cohesive. The combination of bourbon, port, Olorosso, and madeira cask aging creates a solid whiskey profile. A lot to like here.
3.75. If we compare this to scotch, $70 is about what I'd expect to pay for a solid 14-year old bottle. So this hits the mark for VFM. Another good offering from Tully. I feel that their higher end up products often don't get nearly enough credit; this is yet another feather in their cap.
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@CKarmios Amen! It really did come out nicely
You’d have expected mixing up sherry, port and Madeira on top of ex-bourbon would create a mess but kudos to the blender