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India, Paul John

Paul John Bold – Peated

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ABV: 46 %
Origin: India
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 3/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and peaty. At first there’s a warm peatiness coming through with hay, campfire smoke and a savory note coming from the back. There’s honey and vanilla covering the peat. There’s also a medicinal iodine note coming through. After a few seconds a thin veil of unidentifiable fruitiness becomes detectable. This is a very straight forward, slightly uninteresting nose.

Mouth: It starts out with the peatiness filling up the edges and a spicyness with a young distillate in the center with lemon, wet cardboard and a metallic note. The sweetness is subdued and sits near the peat on the edges. It’s quite bitter in the background with hints of coffee and the medicinal side to it remain.

Finish: The peatiness subsides rather quickly and leaves a bitter oakiness in the middle. There are still notes of the distillate coming through with mainly cardboard and the metallic note, which is becoming more and more noticable as the finish progresses. There’s still a medicinal iodine note and after a few seconds there’s a toothpaste note somewhere on top. The peatiness return in the late finish but it really can’t make up for the rather bad finish. This is not a great whisky by any means. It’s peaty, but it’s not especially bold.

Additional information
This expression was released in 2015 as a core range whisky. It’s made with indian barley smoked with islay peat. The PPM level is 25. It’s aged in first and second fill ex-bourbon barrels from Buffalo Trace. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.

India, Paul John

Paul John Oloroso – Select Cask

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ABV: 48 %
Origin: India
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is dark fruits and spicy oak. At first there’s a massive thick, sweet and dark fruitiness with raisins, overripe plums and black coffee liqueur with a fresh aromatic oakiness within. It takes a while for it to settle and actually become a whisky since the sherry finish is overpowering everything and creates an air tight sealed lid above the distillate. After a while cinnamon and vanilla start to come through around the edges. This is a nice and powerful nose but it lacks depth because all the power sits on top.

Mouth: It starts out with a fresh lemon backdrop and dark bitter coffee notes up front. There’s blueberries, black grapes, raisins and cocoa powder in between. The lemon notes really push through with time. There’s a chili spicyness as well. It feels very fruity due to the sour lemon but it still has a very dark character and a massive sherry impact on top. This creates depth and makes it more interesting than the nose suggests. It becomes somewhat astringent after a while.

Finish: It starts out with the chili spicyness increasing in intensity. When it dies down it reveals a tropical fruitiness hidden within with notes of pineapple and mangos. The darker notes are now more leaning towards coffee and the darker fruitiness is residing. The aromatic oakiness returns and it’s a very nice freshly planed oak. This is a great whisky and a massive sherry bomb. It lacks some complexity due to the thick sherry lid which makes the fruity nice distillate a disservice.

Additional information
This expression was aged 5 years in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished for 2 years in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.