The Gold Spot 13 Yr Outdated is the latest addition to the Spot color vary. Matured in bourbon and sherry casks and completed in Valpolicella Riciotto casks for 16 months. Typically there are far too many pink wine finishes currently, for my part, however I assume there should be a marketplace for them?
Now for Mitchell & Sons it does make sense since they’ve an extended custom as wine retailers as properly. In actual fact it’s known as Generations Version as a result of it celebrates totally different generations of collaborations between the Mitchell household and sure wine estates.
Gold Spot 13 yo ‘Generations Version’ (46%, OB 2024)
Nostril: candy pink apples, oranges and hints of apricots, combined with fairly an enormous load of baking spice. Nutmeg, pepper and cinnamon. Caramelized fruits, adopted by shortbread and barely aromatic / floral notes. Hints of marzipan and latte too. The wine suits in properly, properly executed.
Mouth: pretty creamy and syrupy, with a pleasant mixture of candy fruits (suppose banana, peach and mango) with toffee sweetness and candy herbs. Fruit cake, raisins, stewed apples and orange peels. Nonetheless a little bit of pot nonetheless spice beneath, however lower than the nostril advised. Simply delicate tannins from the wine, however in any other case a really balanced composition.
End: medium size. Spices and the wine achieve observe once more, together with this creamy fruity layer and a few caramel.
I believe the earlier Gold Spot 9 Years was just about on the identical degree, however total a very nice effort, even on the decrease ABV. It blends the pot nonetheless spice properly with fruitiness and a well-dosed wine affect. Out there from totally different retailers like The Whisky Trade or Grasp of Malt.
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