Penderyn 2003 Port Wood Single Cask
| Category | - |
| Distillery | Penderyn Distillery |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2003 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Ex-bourbon barrel and ruby port |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Wales |
| Region | Penderyn Distillery |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
cognac
air Nose
I shall not deny that this is pretty brilliant, even if we’re rather in the same territories as those of those fine people at Lost Spirits in America. Heavy extraction, molassesness, coffee liqueur, extreme Demerara, prune juice, paxarette or mosto, and ‘stuff’. See what I mean? With water: Macallan 10 Cask Strength, circa the year 2000. Huge raisins (don’t be afraid)
restaurant Palate
does not taste Porty, rather oloroso-y. Walnut wine, cigars, fruitcake, clove cake, more molasses, then more sweetness, Zacapa (I’m sorry), heavy tea, liquorice, Italian black cigars (you could break a tooth with them)… With water: like this a lot, even if it’s hyper-extractive. Huge bitter oranges, menthol, liquorice, cough drops, prunes, muscovado sugar, liquid caramel…
timer Finish
extremely long, perhaps a bit sticky and mildly cloying, but still utterly demonstrative. I think we’ll have to rinse our mouth. Thoroughly …