Two of Iberia's Best
The Spaniard 8 Year Old
The Spaniard brings together two casks, from Jerez in Spain's sherry-making south, that combine to make an 8 Year Old Tasmanian Single Malt that is much more than the sum of its parts. This whisky started its life in American oak ex-bourbon casks, and then went on to spend a year in Pedro Ximenez and oloroso casks, that have combined to make a rich, yet vibrant whisky, full of fresh and dried fruit, chocolate, coffee and a nuttiness that could only come from a sherry cask.
The Iberian 10 Year Old
This deeply complex whisky is a marriage of whiskies fully matured in Spanish oloroso sherry casks and 50+ year old Australian port casks. The oloroso brings nuttiness, leather and tobacco, while the tawny port brings sumptuous richness, dark chocolate and mandarin oil. An extended period of time in marrying has brought out an additional sweetness from the wood sugars, giving a touch of sweetness on the finish.
A Christopher Coates on The Iberian
"It's not very often that I taste something and go 'this is like tasting whisky for the first time!' It's so different, it's so unusual, it's like it's evolved separately from the rest of the world of whisky."
"there's only one other whisky that I have had that comes close - it's really unusual.... It tastes almost like it's been in a marmalade cask or something... it smells like spiced Christmas biscuits and marmalade.. it's almost like they have invented a different spirit category and I love it. As you can see from this bottle, it's nearly empty."
- Christopher Coates
The Whisky Stories Podcast
