WARLOCK

The Vardlokkur

Warlocks may have their origin in Norse mythology as spell singers or as a caller of spirits to ward off evil.

Maturation in red wine casks give Warlock typical dark fruit and jammy flavours along with some tannin.

Cask TP 006 was matured in a 220 litre ex-Barossa red wine cask (shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon).

Strength 60.8 % abv., 100 bottles, 500 ml.

Jim Murray Whisky Bible 94 pts

Liquid Gold Award: "Superstar whiskies that give us all a reason to live"

Rebis Release - Warlock Cask TP 006

$220.00

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Nose: Ostensibly the same family, perhaps even the same bedroom as the warlock. A little less cooked fruit and more freshly crushed berries, red stone fruits and juicy red things. Still, this is wine cask up and down; a decadent treat for the vinophilic.

Palate: This really is the Warlock. The intensity is enormous, as indicated by the increased ABV, but we're operating at the exact same wavelength; strawberry cream, crushed red berries, tannins and grape stem, all dialled to 11 before the rancio crashes over you as might a landslide. One could think of this as whisky's answer to the Barossa shiraz; one can only think how many must be excited by such a notion!

Tasting Notes by Angus Smith