62.2% alc./vol.
Glenora Distillery, Nova Scotia, Canada
During my very first article, already about 5 years ago, I had clumsily talked to you about Glen Breton Rare 10 years.
At the time, I had mentioned the existence of a Glen Breton having been matured in barrels of ice wine, and moreover bottled by force of the barrel, that is to say a solid 62.2% alcohol.
Here is no other form of ceremony the much anticipated Glen Breton Ice 10 years Cask Strength.
As the French playwright, poet and journalist Jean-Louis Aubert, whom some know better as theAbbot Aubert (1731-1814) said so well:
The man is ice with the treasures he possesses; He is fiery for all that he does not have.
Nose:
Classic Glenora cereal, coupled with a sweet wind from icewine. Apart from that, nothing to impress the gallery.
Taste:
Arrival in the muscular mouth, barley, spices of Cask Strength, acid honey, lemon and orange. Its alcohol content is surprisingly not too invasive, and even enhances a malt that would be otherwise flat.
Finish:
Long and spicy, it is helped by its degree of alcohol and its particular cask. We imagine here small gilded on the island of Orleans.
Balance:
Normally this expression would not have excited me too much but I must say that its strength in alcohol and its unique finish have me to wear ...
Note: ★★★★★