Mackmyra Preludium 05 (Sweden) / 48.4% / 0.5l
- Mackmyra Distillery founders started experimenting with whisky distillation in 1999 and two years later decided on two recipes – Elegant and Smoke.
Product description
The owners of Mackmyra Distillery began experimenting with whisky production in 1999 and after two years they focused on two formulas – Elegant and Smoke.
All ingredients except yeast come from producers located within a 75-mile radius of the plant, and the whisky matures in an abandoned mine at a depth of up to 50 meters below the surface. Preludium is a series of six whiskies released in 2006-2007, the result of experiments in different stages of production. Preludium: 05 Smakrika Småfat (The Beauty of Small Barrels) is the first edition of the series based on distillates from the distillery opened in 2002; previous editions also used whisky from the so-called pilot distillery, which operated from 1999-2002. The edition consisted of 24,000 bottles.
Aroma : fruity and oak, apples, bananas, lemons, juniper berries, vanilla, honey and a handful of fresh herbs.
Taste : fruity and spicy, pears, apples, lemons, vanilla, white pepper, ginger and quite intense oak bitterness.
Finish: not too long, slightly alcoholic, with notes of pepper, ginger, vanilla, caramel and oak.