ABV: 52.9 %
Origin: Sweden
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 2/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet fruits and sawdust. At first there’s a thick lid of fresh oak, very sweet dried fruits and mixed spices. There are liqeuer-soaked rasisns and figs with a hint of chocolate and heavy vanilla from the extreme oakiness (which grows even bigger with time). Underneath a young and slightly unpleasant and spiky distillate peeks through. The whole is extremely unbalanced and over-oaked. The sherry notes are strong but they haven’t had enough time to mix with the distillate, yet they still can’t compete with the oakiness. This is a manufactured nose typical to the new craft whisky era.

Mouth: It starts out with an immidiate oakiness and a hefty peppery spicyness. Soon after, a dark mix of raisins, figs and really dark chocolate arrives. Underneath lies the young distillate. It’s pointy and lacks refinement. Everything feels unbalanced and extremely top heavy. The oakiness is attacking the palate and ruins most of the other flavours. The vanilla is not as pronounced in taste as on the nose.

Finish: The transition elevates the young, harsh distillate for a second or two before the oak and sherry mask returns. The dark, dried fruits and dark chocolate is actually quite nice at this point but once again the oakiness return to overrun everything. The late finish is like chewing on a newly plained oak plank without the possibility to stop. This is a rather bad whisky. It’s too young, top heavy and over-oaked.

Additional information
This whisky was aged in PX sherry casks for just over 3 years (2018-10/2022-01). 719 bottled were released. It’s unchillfiltered and has no colour added.

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