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Tullibardine 500 Sherry Finish
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
April 9, 2020 (edited November 25, 2020)
My first Tullibardine was a very nice dram, an interesting sherry finished whisky which surprised me for its raw Pedro Ximenez flavor. Anyone who has tasted a Pedro Ximenez Sherry and a whisky matured in a PX cask will know that even if they are "kind of cousins" in flavor profile, they are not exactly the same; well... this Tullibardine Sherry Finish delivers a wonderful aftertaste that is the most similar flavor to a sherry wine that i have ever tasted.
Bottled at 43%abv, tawny color.
On the nose it is a little dim, dry Cake, Dulce de leche, Tobacco, Brown grass, Blackberries and some Herbal notes.
On the palate it is wonderful. Honey, Px sherry, Blackberry marmalade, and suddenly a pleasant Spice bomb.
Super sweet and spicy. Clove.
Aftertaste is superb. It is a Sherry wine. First you feel this bitter tobacco sensation to then explode into the finest of Pedro Ximenez Sherry Wine. Not whisky, but sherry wine. Very well done sir.
Overall, i can tell you that this whisky delivers the promise of a "sherry finish" since its definitively a highland malt that you taste and enjoy and suddenly it gets silent for one second and then, boom! A sherry wine ending. 92/100. Great dram.
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