Teeling 18 Year Old The Renaissance Series 5 Calvados Finish

Teeling 18 Year Old The Renaissance Series 5 Calvados Finish 70cl/46%

Teeling Renaissance Series 5 whiskey Released in late spring of 2022, the fifth and final batch of Teeling’s immensely popular “Teeling Renaissance Series 5” is comprised of an 18-year-old Irish single malt whiskey that started life in ex-bourbon casks before being transferred for a six-year secondary maturation in casks that previously held Calvados, an aged French apple brandy.

Teeling Renaissance 5 is limited to just 9,000 bottles, and the resulting single malt is then bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtration.

Tasting Notes

Nose: intensely fruity, with a lot of apple compote and pear drops, as well as apple cider. Raisins and a hint of marshmallow. Hints of tarte tatin and buttery apple cake. Then hints of honey, sugar cane sweetness, marzipan, and vanilla. Quite a rich nose with a nice dessert-y sweetness.

Mouth: still sweet and fruity, with a light tropical hint. Ripe bananas and hints of mango, mixing with more of the expected stewed apples and pears. Mid-palate, there’s a hint of passion fruit. Then it develops a light grassy touch with some mineral notes and white pepper, toning down the fruits.

Finish: medium, with the grassy and peppery notes taking over and pushing the sweetness aside. There are a lot of apple peelings now.

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