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The Oamaruvian Cask Strength DoubleWood 16 Year
Single Grain — South Island, New Zealand
Reviewed
February 17, 2020 (edited February 21, 2020)
First tasted on my B-Day 1/31 in 2018
Have to agree with @LeeEvolved and @PBMichiganWolverine about this whisky and the water.
I think the bite from this baby is comparable to what I get with any of the Bookers or other powerful Cask Strengths but the experience is altogether different from American Bourbon, pretty much from start to finish. Drinking neat is always my first instinct but this really does deserve to be opened to flavors otherwise masked by strong elements from the barreling. The wine casking flavors do shine through properly with ice chips or good clean water.
I give it 4.25 for rarity and taste. Let me drink just a little more of it to take the bottle to half full and the rating will likely climb. Just sayin'.
My bottle is 36/412 from bbl 405 in 4/17. 60.9 ABV
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Boy, do I remember this pour. Burned so good. Great review, I can only imagine how good that bottle will get with some oxidation. Cheers.
Now if I could just get the PLCB to get some of the Nant offerings in, I'd be a much happier camper.
Ah nice you got hold of an NZ bottling! Didn't realise they distributed over to the USA.
@LeeEvolved and I had this years ago, but from what I recall, it had spent way too long in the wine cask as well.