By Richard Thomas
Ranking: B+
Teeling Wonders of Wooden: Virgin Chinkapin Oak Single Pot Nonetheless Whiskey
(Credit score: Teeling Whiskey Firm)
Dublin’s Teeling Whiskey Firm has launches a brand new collection, referred to as the Wonders of Wooden. Clearly constructed across the theme of what wooden selections do in barrel ageing, this primary installment is aged in new Chinkapin white oak. It is a varietal from Jap and Central North America, famous for its large wooden grain. Word this isn’t a end in new oak. Teeling took their new make pot nonetheless whiskey (50% malted and 50% unmalted barley), put it within the new oak casks, and matured it there. Finish of story. It’s no age assertion (NAS) and bottled at 50% ABV.
Virtually. It’s the tip of the whiskey story. The top of the collection story is that Teeling can be working with the Tree Council of Eire, and as a part of this launch is planting an acre of native bushes within the Wicklow space. That may be a greater deal in Eire than related tasks in the USA, as Eire is essentially the most deforested nation in Europe.
The Whiskey
A pour of this Surprise of Wooden appears to be like like copper (or golden maple, if you happen to desire) within the glass. The nostril carried traits past the wealthy and spicy nature of the only pot nonetheless whiskey, however on the identical time was not the vanilla bomb one expects from a malt whiskey aged in new white oak, the identical stuff American Whiskeys are aged in. As an alternative, it was malty, honeyed candy, however solely a touch spicy, and this joined with grassy and woody notes.
The flavour joined toffee and malty honey on the hip, with the spicy and woody facet rising hoarier and spicier. Lastly, the end ran on with the dry, spicy oak. This tackle Teeling pot nonetheless whiskey is yummy, refined, and surprising to a big diploma.
The Worth
Count on to pay $100 per bottle within the US. In Europe, the 70cl fetches €80.
