DYC 8 Year Old Spanish Blended Whiskey / 40% / 1.0l
- The Destilerias y Crianza company was founded in 1959 by the "father of Spanish whisky" Nicomedes Garcia Gomez.
Product description
Destilerias y Crianza was founded in 1959 by the “father of Spanish whisky”, Nicomedes Garcia Gomez.
In 1987, it was taken over by the Pedro Domecq group and is currently part of the Beam Suntory group. DYC whisky is produced in Segovia, in the Distilerio Molino del Arco. The plant is equipped with stills and distillation columns and annually produces about 8 million liters of grain distillate and 1.2 million liters of malt; annual sales of DYC whisky exceed one million cases per year. The premium version of the local blend presented here, Ocho Años (8 years old), debuted in 1974 and currently accounts for about 20% of the brand's sales; in its formula, the content of malt whisky is 30%. The distillates used in the blend are aged in barrels from the Jim Beam distillery in Kentucky.
Aroma : light and sweet, vanilla, honey, sweet cereals, brown sugar, a hint of garden flowers and oak chips.
Taste : sweet with a delicate spiciness, caramel, vanilla, roasted peanuts, lemon peel, white pepper, a touch of honey and oak.
Finish : medium long, with notes of cereal, brown sugar, vanilla, a bit of hay and oak.