Another delicate dram that will prove divisive, but it’s kept me interested.
Christopher Coates
Blackwater Distillery
Brand
Blackwater Distillery
Bottler
Manifesto Mash Bill #38
Expression
Limited Edition
Availability
Pot Still
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
47.1%
ABV
Republic of Ireland
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Kiwi fruit, white grape juice, and fresh strawberry. Boot wax. Pine nuts and shelled and roasted peanuts. A whiff of green banana. Orange and lemon boiled candies. Creamy porridge with honey. Fresh apricot.
Palate: Light-medium bodied. Orange and lemon Fox’s Glacier Fruits, fresh peach, clementine juice, and a touch of Werther’s Original.
Finish: Medium-short, on butterscotch.
Comment: Another delicate dram that will prove divisive, but it’s kept me interested.
Score: 8.1
Taster
Nose: Fresh sweetcorn, digestive biscuit, and a little rapeseed oil. Hints of wood varnish, cedar, and scented candle. A little blackberry, with dandelion and burdock drink.
Palate: Light-medium. Blackcurrant and raspberry, with more dandelion and burdock and a hint of vanilla ice cream. A slight mechanical oily note. A little dark chocolate, violet, and woody cinnamon.
Finish: Medium, on the dark fruits and chocolate, with a hint of tahini.
Comment: There was a lot of warm depth hidden in this. A lovely sipper.
Score: 8.2
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