Tag Archives: Oloroso
GlenDronach Parliament “21 years old”, 48%
The quotation marks are because the age of this whisky is not what is says. This one was bottled in 2022, which means distillation would have happened around 2020/2021. However, at that time the distillery was closed and not producing … Continue reading
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Tagged GlenDronach, Oloroso, Parliament, Pedro Ximénez, Rare Vintage Whisky, review, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Whiskey, Whisky
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Cadenhead’s 10th Anniversary Sherry Pack: Ord, Ben Nevis and Caol Ila
Apparently the Cadenhead’s Club exists for 10 years. In that time there have been a couple of bottlings, although the last few were unable to be shipped to the Netherlands, or prohibitively expensive to have shipped and allowed into the … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Nevis, Caol Ila, Glen Ord
Tagged Ben Nevis, Cadenhead, Cadenhead's Club, Campbeltown, Caol Ila, Fort William, Glen Ord, Highlands, Islay, Oloroso, Ord, Palo Cortado, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry Cask
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Tomatin Meets Sherry, Oloroso and PX Editions, 57.9% and 53.4%
I’ve reviewed this set before, almost a decade ago. Back then I wrote short notes on both the sherry and the whisky, but this time I’m only looking at the whisky side of things. I rebought these last year because … Continue reading
Posted in - Sherry, Tomatin
Tagged 2000, Highlands, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry Cask, Tomatin, Tomatin meets Sherry
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A batch of sherries
About a million years ago, in April of 2021, the second year of the plague, I was fortunate enough to try several sherries, courtesy of Ruben (of both Sherry Notes and Whisky Notes). After getting some information for a sherry … Continue reading
Posted in - Sherry
Tagged Amontillado, Bodegas Tradición, Equipo Navazos, Lustau, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry, Sherry Notes, Toro Albalá
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Ledaig, Vintage 1996, Spanish Oloroso Sherry Casks, 46.3%
This limited edition Ledaig was released little over a month ago and I decided to share it. Since last year I actually have some positive experience with the brand, divided between their 18 year old, a 1974 vintage bottled 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Ledaig, Tobermory
Tagged 1996, Bottle Share, Islands, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Oloroso, Sherry Cask, Tobermory
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Tomatin Whisky Meets Sherry, Oloroso edition
The Whisky Meets Sherry set contains a whisky from Tomatin distillery, distilled on September 22, 2000 and bottled on February 23, 2015. It’s been recasked on September 17, 2012 for further maturation in an Oloroso sherry cask. The ABV is 57.9% … Continue reading
Posted in - Sherry, Tomatin
Tagged 2000, Bodegas Tradicion, Bottle Share, Cask Strength, Highlands, Jerez, Oloroso, Sherry, Sherry Cask, Tomatin, Whisky Meets Sherry
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A trip to Jerez
Belgian blogger Ruben Luyten has been blogging about whisky for ages (here), but since a couple of years he also has a sherry blog. I don’t know where he gets the time or the constitution to keep that up, but … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Drinks, - Sherry
Tagged Amontillado, Cream, Jerez, Manzanilla, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, PX, Sherry, Twitter Tasting
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Glenfarclas Dark Oloroso Cask, 1980-2002, 21yo, 53%
Every couple of years something strange happens in The Netherlands. For some reason, from some warehouse, a pallet of whisky pops up that everyone had forgotten about. A couple of years ago (I think it was 2008) it was Brora … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Dark Oloroso, Glenfarclas, Oloroso, Speyside
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Venturing into darkness. Another three Sherry reviews
During the Sherry Twitter Tasting I wrote about earlier, we didn’t stop at two. Of course we didn’t as there is more than Fino and Manzanilla to come from that neck of the Spanish woods. As we continued our Twitter … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Sample, International Sherry Week, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry, Springbank, Twitter Tasting
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GlenDronach 18 Allardice, 46%
The first version of the Allardice was released alongside the 15 year old Revival. Most people preferred the Revival for its ridiculous amount of sherry cask influence. And at 15 years in such an active butt the stuff is almost … Continue reading
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