Hellyers Road 6 Year Old 2016 (cask 16315.10) Peated - New Vibrations 70cl Whisky
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1 Jan 2016
Hellyers Road 6 Year Old 2016 (cask 16315.10) Peated - New Vibrations
Tasmanian single malt here from Hellyers Road, selected for the New Vibrations range by La Maison du Whisky. The peated vintage 2016 single malt was aged in a single cask (cask 16315.10) for six years before it was bottled at an enormous 70.1% ABV. You might want a drop of water with this one.
Tasting Note by The Producer
Nose
Rich, spirited. Notes of wax, acacia honey, verbena and aniseed nuance a vegetal, medicinal (ointment), salty, marine (seaweed) and rooty peat. Allowed to breathe, the aroma palette becomes more medicinal (elastoplast), empyreumatic (turpentine, coal) and animal (bacon).
Palate
Lively yet subtle. On the attack, vanilla, infused (verbena) and fruity (William’s pear) flavours lead into a liquorice, lush and salty peat that then becomes chocolatey and oily. The end of the palate is gravelly and terpenic (sleet, lava).
Finish
Long, dynamic. Notes of cut hay, white mint and agave milk refresh the palate. Confirming the peat’s herbal and rooty (ginger) evolution, the after-taste gradually becomes mineral (slate), spicy (clove, nutmeg) and chocolatey.
