jumalhamara
Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Year Special Reserve
Blended — Ireland
Reviewed
April 9, 2019 (edited May 3, 2024)
The nose is warm, sweet, heavy sherry with some wine-ish hints, but a bit sharp and “thin” because of strongly marked spiritous notes. Definitely raspberry or even raspberry fruit-drink as well.
The sweetness in the taste is truly overwhelming, it’s nutty, rich with creamy vanilla but again - a bit sharp with pure alcohol notes and bitter on a palate. Some fruits, spices, even watermelon too.
It possesses the same structure to the original Tullamore Dew - it’s sharp, poorly balanced, spiritous but now with a gentle touch of elegance and mildness which probably the 12 y.o. maturation in old bourbon and oloroso sherry oak casks gives to a whiskey.
Aftertaste is decent but nothing more than that. Some nuts on the tongue, dry oak on a palate.
Very easy-drinking whiskey but not the one to truly appreciate.
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@aacharbonneau i haven’t meant anything bad about oxidation really, it was just besides the point :) I hope you find raspberry too as it is really not very common.
@jumalhamara I have no idea what raspberry interests me so much, it's just something rarely associated with whiskies. I've had an open bottle of Tullamore DEW 12 for nearly half a year now and haven't really noticed any change due to oxidation. Might just be a rather resilient whiskey.
@aacharbonneau honestly, I don’t think that raspberry is essential here but it is noticeable. However, it just happens that at some certain point of time you feel some certain things which are not really present xD Although I am still able to feel raspberry notes even now despite the continuing oxidation.
I might have to go back and look for that raspberry now you were talking about! I remember it being ridiculously fruity, but never thought about "raspberry". Thanks for that!