Teeling, Rum & PX Sherry Cask, 32-Year-Old, Single Malt Whiskey, Ireland (46%)
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Teeling Distillery
Initially starting out as an independent bottler, Walter Teeling founded Teeling distillery in 1782, located on Marrowbone Lane in Dublin, Ireland. A family Irish whiskey business through and through, John Teeling founded Cooley Distillery in 1987. It was the first new Irish whiskey distillery to open in 100 years.
Today, Teeling Whiskey Distillery is open for business in New Market in Dublin, and is the intention of Jack and Steven Teeling to ensure a constant supply of high quality Irish whiskey.
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
With only 750 bottles produced, this sensational whiskey is absolutely unmissable for any enthusiast, as one of the few Irish whiskies on the market to offer more than 30 years of age. Famed for their variety of grain and cask use, Teeling have set their sights on producing whiskey with genuine diversity across their range which is epitomised in this rich and complex style. One might think that 30+ years in a Rum cask would be enough to offer the drinker a veritable smorgasbord of flavour, but the folks at Teeling have gone one step further by finishing the spirit in a PX barrel for a further two years for good measure. The results are plain to see for anyone who is fortunate enough to taste this fantastic dram.
The nose is decidedly more influenced by rum than it is PX, with notes of raisin, toffee apple, caramel, honey-coated figs and nutmeg. Although sweet, the aroma is never overpowering, but rather finessed and with remarkable freshness. The palate has a beautiful silky texture and shows its Spanish brío. Decidedly richer, brimming with espresso, dark chocolate, liquorice, muscovado sugar and toast, with a hint of white pepper on the finish (which never stops!). All in all, a rather excellent creation that delivers on the promise of such extended maturation in these casks.
Harry Roberts, Shop Advisor, Berry Bros. & Rudd (May 2023)
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