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Midleton Silent Distillery Chapter 3 47 year old, 55.7%

Price: 46000 Issue: Summer 2022 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Irish Single Pot Still


The nose is beautifully honeyed, with crisp spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, and coriander seed, supplanted by grated chocolate, seasoned oak, and peppercorn. Thick and unctuous, with honey, citrus, and clove-led spices, the velvety palate glides toward flavors of fruity dark chocolate. Spices are a constant throughout, the final flavors darting between black currant, oak, ginger loaf, and milk chocolate. This proves to be much more than just history in a bottle.