Marsala Edition in the Puni Distilleries Vina Series is a good representative for what Sicilian wine casks can do for a whisky.
The Vina Serie is their exclusive range of whisky matured in handselected wine casks and the Marsala is the first to be released.
I am starting to expect quite a bit from Puni, taken from the two I have tasted ๐ but they make a good solid whisky that is a refreshment to the whisky marked.
When I opened the bottle, school glue, talcum powder and sweet sherry were the first scents to hit the nose. Then came fresh walnut kernels, some raisins and some alcohol. When the alcohol wears off, a little dry licorice root and plum appear.
This was a fun start and I lowered the expectations but I was lifted up again with softness, sweetness and fruit notes
A pleasant whisky that makes me more curious on what Puni Distillery can do.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Puni
๐๐๐ข๐: Marsala Edition
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: Vina
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Italy
๐ผ๐๐: 5 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 43
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Virgin Marsala casks from Sicily (1st fill)
๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐: ?
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: ?
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: School glue, talcum powder, sweet sherry, fresh walnut kernels, some raisins, a little anis and plum
๐: A dry mouthfeel. Raisin, pear, cardamom and some dry licorice root
๐: Dry, sherry, oaky
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (4/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
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