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Paul John Christmas Edition 2020
Single Malt — India
Reviewed
October 31, 2020 (edited December 10, 2020)
Another Christmas cracker of a whisky from Paul John, a distillery that just gets better and better in my estimation. Your Yuletide in a glass begins with the aromas of warm crackling spices and a heady drop of stewed fruit. A mouthful of mango and orange keeps this annual special edition firmly within the house style of the Goan stills, though the flavor feels amped up from the regular releases despite the modest ABV. The finish is long and warm, with a hint of peat and blood orange. I typically prefer Paul John’s unpeated releases because they let the tropical flavors shine, but the mix of casks here works excellently. A close second to the 2018 release and a notch above 2019’s.
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Thanks for tasting this (and the prior releases). I'd have passed it over based on the name including a holiday, assuming it was some sort of cash grab special release.
@PBMichiganWolverine I didn’t realize it was that old. I have a six-year-old bottled by Cadenhead’s in my glass right now that is perhaps the best Paul John I’ve had.
I loved the 2018 one. Was surprised to find it was 7 yr old, which is quite high for Indian whiskey