Overeem Port Wood Finish for The Oak Barrel

This sample was provided by fellow Australian blogger Martin from the Time for Whisky blog. Here we have a special bottling for The Oak Barrel, Sydney. The final two months of its maturation took place in the shop!

Notes

Eye: Medium Amber

Nose: Port influence isn’t obvious. Fresh isn’t the right word because there is absolutely zero new make smell. Nice crisp fresh malt without being new? Oak influence is strong.

Palate: There’s the port influence and wow, there’s that classic Overeem mouthfeel. Very creamy, very lush.

Finish: Chocolate cream goodness. Quite floral, the oak has imparted nice flavours but not zapped the whisky of it’s character.

Details

Distillery: Overeem
Age: No Age Statement
Region: Tasmania
Limited: One of 100, 200ml bottles
ABV: 43%

Now on to the music. A song from The Smashing Pumpkins taken from the album Siamese Dream. One of the best albums of the 1990’s in my opinion.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

Sláinte!