Tasting Notes
Genre: Baroque Power Ballad — Dark Fruit, Heat, and Velvet Thunder
This is not your dainty Sherry cask dram. It’s PX at full throttle — thick, fiery, syrupy, and utterly show-stopping. 5Nines bottled this one at a face-melting 64%, and it brings thunder with every sip.
The nose is explosive: raisin, treacle tart, fig jam, chocolate ganache, clove oil, and molasses. There’s fire behind the fruit — a peppery heat that hums through layers of sweet smoke and dark spice.
On the palate: huge impact. Christmas cake soaked in brandy, espresso crema, black cherry liqueur, and clove-studded orange. Mouthfeel is dense and oily — it coats like velvet, then crackles with spice.
Mid-palate: leather, balsamic, dried date, burnt sugar crust. There’s weight and balance — no raw ethanol here, just full-bodied authority.
Finish: long, rich, and riotous. Dark fruit, oak char, cacao, and spice echo like a cathedral bell. Water opens it up beautifully, but the bold will want it raw. A cask strength beast with black-tie class.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Sweet
- Dry
- Smooth
- Complex
- Delicate
- Full Flavoured
Classification: Spirits
Variety: Whisky
Vintage: None
Bottle Size: 700ml
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia, Adelaide Hills
Alcohol %: 64.0%
Cellaring: Ready, but will Keep