TAP Port Finished Canadian Rye Whiskey / 42% / 0.75l
- Tap Whisky Co. is pretty obscured Canadian whisky producer located in Kentucky.
Product description
Tap Whiskey Company is a somewhat mysterious producer of Canadian whiskey based in Kentucky.
The whisky comes from the “oldest distillery in Western Canada,” distilled multiple times and aged in first, second, and third-fill American white oak barrels. Canadian law allows the addition of foreign beverage (usually sherry, port, or fruit juices) to whisky in amounts not exceeding 9.09%, and Tap Whisky Company takes advantage of this regulation. The rye whisky presented here, blended from distillates aged for up to eight years in American oak barrels, was finished in port barrels. During the final blend, port was also added in the legally permitted amount.
Nose: the spiciness of rye combined with the sweetness of port, cherries, plums, brown sugar, cinnamon, toasted rye bread and a trace of wood varnish.
Palate: red berries, milk chocolate, caramel, a mixture of fresh herbs, white pepper, notes of fennel and cinnamon.
Finish : medium long, with notes of grapes, plums, caramel, cinnamon, wholemeal, herbs and oak.