John Jameson & Son 12-year-old Extra Special
| Category | IRISH |
| Distillery | Bow Street (John Jameson) Distillery |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Extra Special |
| Vintage | 1950 |
| Bottled Year | 1960 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | JJ&S Liqueur Dublin Whiskey / "Not a drop is sold till it's twelve years old" |
| Country | Ireland |
| Region | Bow Street (John Jameson) Distillery |
JJ&S Liqueur Dublin Whiskey / "Not a drop is sold till it's twelve years old"
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
rather less impressive than the 1956, but that should come from the higher strength. Notes of verbena and chocolate, kumquats and peat smoke. Actually, maybe we should have tried this one before the 1956, but I’m sure water will help mucho mucho. With water: amazing how it changed. Much peatier, globally phenolic, grassy, tarry, meaty (game), even resinous… Certainly different from all ‘low strength’ versions of the Bicentenary, and certainly peatier and ‘wilder’, even if the markers do show up after a moment (balsamico, honeydew, camphor, thyme…) Even after 30 years in glass, it did need water
restaurant Palate
how punchy! We’re used – so to speak – to try these old Bowmores at much lower strengths (around 43%) or at 50% (the Blacks) but this is quite different. Let’s say this is much more on orange liqueur, Cointreau, even Parfait Amour (violet liqueur), with even something a tad cardboardy. But water should help again. With water: yes sir, it does. Here come the kumquats and tangerines, followed by cough syrup, eucalyptus drops, mint, fir honeydew and plum spirit
timer Finish
long, in the same vein, with just that faint cardoardiness coming back at this stage
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