
91
Score
Bellos Signature Vermouth Cask, 40%
Price: ● Issue: Fall 2024 ● Reviewer: Jonny McCormick ● Category: World Whisky
Column-distilled in Slovakia, aged for around 5 years, and finished for 1 year in Spain’s Bodegas Jaime’s vermouth solera barrels. Perfumed with lavender, rose petals, parma violets, baked plum, gentle spice, light honey, and vanilla Tootsie Rolls. The flavor trajectory is impressive; it goes from bitter lemon, vanilla, and lime zest to black currant, chocolate, black cherry, and earthy spices. Chocolate-covered gingersnaps, singed oak, espresso, and spice to finish.