The World’s Best Irish Whiskey—According To The 2023 Global Spirits Masters Blind Tasting
The post The World’s Best Irish Whiskey—According To The 2023 Global Spirits Masters Blind Tasting appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Donn from The Craft Irish Whiskey Company wins big at the 2023 Global Spirits Masters Autumn … [+] Blind Tasting Photo Illustration: Brad Japhe The Global Spirits Masters is a tasting panel comprised of master sommeliers, masters of wine, senior buyers and acclaimed mixologists. Each year they convene to blindly judge entries from thousands of brands, entered across dozens of categories. The experts have just released their autumnal list of the best liquid on shelves right now. And today we’re going to take a closer look at what they named as the top bottling of Irish Whiskey: The Donn. This ultra premium single malt from The Craft Irish Whiskey Company went on quite the journey before it ever even arrived at the judges’ table. Initially it spent four years in ex-boubon barrels, before heading into ex-Tawny Port pipes. The whiskey then went back into ex-boubon—only this time, heavily toasted examples of the oak—before being kissed by a final finish in 68-liter PX barrels. That’s four different barrels in just over six years of maturation. It’s a decidedly laborious, and unusual, approach for relatively young juice, bottled at an exacting 46.1% ABV. But clearly the methodology has paid off remarkable dividends, as evidenced by the glowing praise of the GSM judges. “The Donn has a rich nose with rye-like dusty character, a beautiful deep amber color, and Port-like red fruit notes on the nose,” said panel chair Bryan Rodriguez-Curtis, of Harvey Nichols. “The palate is very rich – pure luxury; it makes you stop, it demands your attention and delivers indulgence, complexity, a full-bodied texture, and wonderful, complex flavors. This is a divine whiskey that should be sipped slowly and savored with good company. Superb.” Hard to imagine higher praise than that. The only thing he fails to mention is…
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The Donn from The Craft Irish Whiskey Company wins big at the 2023 Global Spirits Masters Autumn … [+] Blind Tasting Photo Illustration: Brad Japhe The Global Spirits Masters is a tasting panel comprised of master sommeliers, masters of wine, senior buyers and acclaimed mixologists. Each year they convene to blindly judge entries from thousands of brands, entered across dozens of categories. The experts have just released their autumnal list of the best liquid on shelves right now. And today we’re going to take a closer look at what they named as the top bottling of Irish Whiskey: The Donn. This ultra premium single malt from The Craft Irish Whiskey Company went on quite the journey before it ever even arrived at the judges’ table. Initially it spent four years in ex-boubon barrels, before heading into ex-Tawny Port pipes. The whiskey then went back into ex-boubon—only this time, heavily toasted examples of the oak—before being kissed by a final finish in 68-liter PX barrels. That’s four different barrels in just over six years of maturation. It’s a decidedly laborious, and unusual, approach for relatively young juice, bottled at an exacting 46.1% ABV. But clearly the methodology has paid off remarkable dividends, as evidenced by the glowing praise of the GSM judges. “The Donn has a rich nose with rye-like dusty character, a beautiful deep amber color, and Port-like red fruit notes on the nose,” said panel chair Bryan Rodriguez-Curtis, of Harvey Nichols. “The palate is very rich – pure luxury; it makes you stop, it demands your attention and delivers indulgence, complexity, a full-bodied texture, and wonderful, complex flavors. This is a divine whiskey that should be sipped slowly and savored with good company. Superb.” Hard to imagine higher praise than that. The only thing he fails to mention is…
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