Product Description
After a wildly successful debut at Whisky Live Paris in 2011, Redbreast 12yo Cask strength is finally here, boasting a shiny trophy as Whiskey Advocate's Irish Whiskey of the Year. We adored it too. Already a legendary bottling.
Product Facts
Product Facts
Age
Country
Ireland
Colouring
Yes
Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength Batch B1-11
70cl / 57.7%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes by Tim F
Nose: Rich sherry notes contributing lifted brown sugar notes to the familiar potstill porridgey-ness: this is why potstill and sherry work so well in my opinion. Freshly-polished oak – yes, it’s time to dust off the beloved ‘old church pews’ tasting note, which is never a bad thing. Develops raisin fudge, cocoa, cassis, honeyed oat bars, cake-icing, marzipan, macaroons; gets very syrupy and appley with a bit of time in the glass. I already know what the Forbes household will be drinking this Christmas.Palate: A burst of oak, then the porridge and raisins muscle in. Big and full-bodied with the wood staying in the foreground…but what wood! Lasting notes of bitter chocolate, coffee, burnt oat biscuits, blackcurrant lozenges and milky bran flakes add complexity. Concentrated raisin syrup, yet less sweet than the nose would suggest, but it’s by no means soft or flabby – there’s a real edge here, with plenty of welcome flinty minerality and oaky astringency to keep the tastebuds alert.Finish: Dry, long, some bitterness; blackcurrant leaf and quite upfront bitey oakspices. This is not a bad thing, in fact it just increases the urge to refill the glass.Comments: Challenging in places and perhaps not for everyone, but I confess that this is dangerously close to my favourite Irish whiskey ever, maybe even my perfect Irish dram. People approaching Irish whiskey for the first time should probably start elsewhere; for lovers of the style, this is a new benchmark and, in this blogger’s opinion, deserving of a place in the pantheon alongside the first edition 15yo.
Tasting Notes by Billy
Nose: Sweet spicy sponge cake, soft vanilla sugar, sugar dusted raisins, marzipan, good milk chocolate, butter and grape skins.Palate: Not as sweet as the nose but big, oily and rich with a nice fieryness. Bitter, tannic wood runs down the sides of the tongue, and sour red grape and raisins dominate the middle with some dark fruit liqueur, grown-up fruit cake, fruity dark chocolate and a bit of olive oil. Water adds more spice and vanilla, and highlights the vine fruit, but it stays well away from syrupy sweetness.Finish: Not all that long, with blackberry leaves hanging around after liquorice & blackcurrant sweets and toasted almonds fade away.Comments: Reminiscent of obscenely sherried whisky but without being the over the top – it somehow manages to balance the sherry fruit and spice with the more delicate vanilla end of its flavour profile. A drop of water doesn’t turn it into regular Redbreast but keeps it big and spicy while keeping the fruit and light waxiness of the regular strength 12.
Tasting Notes by Whisky Apostle
Nose: Fig newtons, bananas foster, and candied caramel apples right out of the bottle. In the glass vanilla and fresh cut wood come out but the alcohol is a little overpowering.Palate: Oily and spicy in the mouth with a little lime zest. With water is gets a little sweeter, even more so than the regular Redbreast 12 Year Old.Finish: Spicy and grainy initially. As you would expect from cask strength whiskey it’s pretty hot on the finish. With water the finish is a lovely interplay of peppery spice, buttery sweetness, and a touch of wood.Comments: I was skeptical. I admit it. I’m not one of those guys riding the cask strength wave in all things whiskey. I enjoy a lot of bourbons at higher proofs but when it comes to scotch and especially Irish whiskey I tend find it too delicate to get much from the higher proof beyond more alcohol for your coin. If it’s possible this dram has changed my religion. This is a richer, fuller, more fragrant and tasty representation of Redbreast. When I tried the 15 Year Old I mistook some of my displeasure for the additional proof rather than it just not being as good as the 12 Year Old. This is an amazing Irish whiskey that everyone should experience.Rating: Must Buy.
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Customer Reviews
(2 Reviews)
Exceptional, probably the best non-peated whisky I ever tasted and even some stiff competion to the better Ardbeg''s for the best ever. The mouthfeel is amazing, but also opens up with water. Long aftertaste lingers forever!
An amazing whiskey period.