ABV 57.3%
I’m not sure the distillery matters here, as there is so much cask influence. Could have done with tasting the actual spirit character.
Joel Harrison
Smögen Svensk
Brand
2011 Fresh Sauternes Barrique, Single Cask 7
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
2016
Year of Bottling
57.3%
ABV
Sweden
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Smoked bacon, burning Christmas trees, heavily roasted coffee and bonfire toffee. There is a hell of a lot of cask influence here. Like smelling a forest post-fire.
Palate: Big flavours again of bitter pine, cherry stones and burnt oak. That’s kinda it.\n
Finish: Very well done steak.
Comment: I’m not sure the distillery matters here, as there is so much cask influence. Could have done with tasting the actual spirit character.
Score: 7.1
Taster
Nose: Intense, winey and manure. Boiled sweet sherry and earthy, medicinal, tarry peat, liquorice, burnt wood, creosote, raisins, dark chocolate, green cashew nuts and almond. Wow!
Palate: Thick, unctuous and toasty with dark honey, taut, spicy, grainy oak and a dollop of treacly sherry. Oozing, tarry peat along with green nuts, raisinated fruit and bittering spices.\n
Finish: Dry and bitter with burnt wood and tannins but the treacle and molasses add sweetness to balance. Complex – peat smoke and medicinal herbs linger.\n
Comment: Mad, bad and dangerous to know!
Score: 9.3
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