The eagerly anticipated Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey, made with 100% malt whiskeys. A selection of five wine-cask-finished-whiskeys were used for this release, including Sherry, Port, Madeira, White Burgundy and Cabernet Sauvignon. Exciting, delicious stuff from the Teeling chaps in Dublin.
Intense white grape juiciness on the nose, joined by fresh malt and Rolos, developing into white chocolate the longer it's in the glass.
An elegant expression, this. Well placed fruit, backed up with cinnamon and white pepper. A touch of dried flower petals along the way. Strawberries?
Definitely strawberries, with fresh double cream too! Ace.
I've been hearing great things about all the new Irish distilleries out there so was eased to see this behind the bar. Sadly, I can only describe it as tasting more like Kahlua than whiskey. Something of that column still rum vibe, but not in a good way. Artificial sweetners anď white chocolate. Not revolting, but not nice
Unfortunately it wasn’t for me as I don’t drink, but for my son as a gift. However, the service was second to none. Very professionally packed and delivery was done by a very efficient courier. I would buy from you again, definitely. As a point of interest he thought it was beautiful!
It is a reasonable Irish Single malt but nothing special. There are a lot better whiskey's out there for the money.
It would be difficult to mistake this for Scottish whisky, although the Auchentoshan 18 I had a few weeks ago did share a similar taste profile, being also triple-distilled. This Teeling is....very soft. The distinctive mouth-feel is the over-riding impression but there is also quite a bit of bitterness in this dram, which is not exactly in keeping with the Sauternes-like style. This has been breathed for several hours in the glass before being tasted. I don't get much complexity from this. I suspect that the 5 cask blending is there to make up for its youth. This is a bit too bitter to be pleasant and too soft to be characterful. This is a confused whiskey in my opinion, like a harsh desert wine. Hopefully it will develop in the bottle over the next week, but as it stands, I won't buy this again.
I get grape and raisin flavours with a metallic after taste as if I'd been eating wine gums. Smooth and pleasant enough, but my favourite is still Teeling's Single Pot Still.
