Critics reviews
Elegant. Malty and fruity. Candied quince, stewed apples in honey. A delicate spice festoon wraps up the fruit. Toffee apple.
Palate
Silky with a crisp feel. Rich cooked fruit flavours. Oak is beautifully integrated. Liquorice at the back. Perfect balance with the nose.
Finish
Sweet, on the liquorice root. Lingering on a clean and pleasant astringent note.
Comment
An aromatic whisky, with a full fruity character. Very well structured.
Martine Nouet - Whisky Magazine Issue 118 Nose
A very pronounced cocoa note (nibs rather than powder) arrives with a lovely rich buttery pastry smell. From then on, its creamed coconut, light fudge, a hint of very delicate coffee, vanilla and fresh cream. Lovely.
Palate
Milky and sweet, leading into swirls of vanilla fudge, more coconut (macaroons), chopped nuts and cream.
Finish
Light, but not short of flavour. The coconut is dominant, alongside a rich vanilla oak.
Comment
A toss up with No.1 (Balbalir 83) for whisky of the month from me. Absolutely superb.
Neil Ridley - Whisky Magazine Issue 118
About this SPIRIT
Discovery Road Malt Whisky
Discovery Road was founded by international whisky writer and 'new world whiskies' specialist Dominic Roskrow. This new range of whiskeys is the result of Dominic’s travels to distilleries outside of traditional areas of the world, to gain enough experience and knowledge to effectively create a new category named ‘New World Whiskey’.
Dominic believes that making whiskey based on a person’s culture or a particular family’s heritage, and the resources they have available, is the best way to do so. And the best way to create a unique product that will be different to any other.
Dominic is launching a number of different whiskeys from around the world, including two single malts from England and two from Dutch distillers Zuidam. He also has casks from India, Taiwan, France, Sweden and New Zealand.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Discovery Road is the name for a range of whiskies from across the world, specially chosen by Dom Roscrow, who has spent several years visiting world distilleries from outside traditional areas and has built up a vast font of knowledge on the subject and an enviable contacts book for distillers and distillery owners as far afield as the South Island of New Zealand and the frozen plains of Northern Sweden. He has ambitious aims - to effectively create a new whisky category known as 'New World Whisky.
This is a Dutch rye seven years old and an absolute corker. This mixes spicy rye notes with a delicious toffee and milk chocolate, soft peach and apricot fruits and a red liquorice core.
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