I was so lucky to stumble over this Slovak Single Malt whisky on a little trip in our own country, now that we can’t travel to other countries.
I have heard about Nestville blended whiskies, but have never seen them in Denmark, but now I was faced with a quite nice selection of blends, single barrel and this single malt from the same distillery, that is; Nestville.
Tasting this limited single malt, that was released at a festival in 2018, was interesting in a couple of ways.
First it is the first Slovak whisky I have tasted.
Second it was different from what I had expected. Of what I can finde on this single malt it has matured in new American oak casks for 5 years, and the barly has been smoked with smoke from beech and cherry hardwood.
I had expected smoke notes in the nose and taste, but nope I don’t get any to start with, but when the whisky has been in the glass for an hour I can sense a very soft and sweet light smoke note.
I get more spice than I had expected from the American oak, this is more like the European oak style.
Another fun thing is that it has this dry sherry touch – can this come from the cherry smoke?
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Nestville Distillery
๐๐๐ข๐: Single Malt, Single Barrel Specially made for Nestville Open Fest.
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Slovak Republic
๐ผ๐๐: 5YO
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 43
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: New American white oak
๐พ๐๐จ๐ No.: 517 352
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: ?
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: No
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2013
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2018.06.20
Number of bottles is said to be 427, but I have bottle No.002/430
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๐: Spices, dry, ginger, vanilla, flowering heather, rubber, after a while I get a very gentle touch of sweet smoke
๐: All spice, light oak, pear, vanilla, sherry notes, a touch of petroleum
๐: Medium length, herbs, vanilla, light oak
This is the first fully Single Malt that has been released and for that this is a pleasant entry to the market.
It is a easy to drink whisky but it tricks me with the feeling of having a sherried whisky when I am not. So it will not win the battle of balance in my book but it is an interesting whisky and some day I will have to try some of the other Nestville whiskies.
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๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ – ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ